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Experimental pill promises new hope for deadly pancreatic cancer

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Randomized study of 500 patients showed the drug daraxonrasib nearly doubled median survival time to 13.2 months vs 6.7 months for chemotherapy, with fewer severe side effects; published in New England Journal of Medicine and presented at ASCO meeting

What it doesn’t mean

Does not prove cure; only tested on advanced metastatic pancreatic cancer patients whose prior treatment had failed; long-term survival and broader applicability remain unknown

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