opinion to make sure you are aware
of your best options"

Fridman received

a

second-

year $50,000 grant from the Sky
Foundation for research he and

Crawford are investigating about

what

causes

pancreatic cancer

cells

deadly and resistant
to chemotherapy.

become

to

so

"I found it interesting

more

to

learn

about the clinical trials

using

immunotherapy as a treatment

for pancreatic cancer:' says Bluma
Schechter of Bloomfield Hills, a

board member and active volunteer

for the

Sky Foundation. «We were
given hope that evening that there
is some progress for early detection

of pancreatic

cancer

and that devel­

that target genetic

drugs
changes are in clinical trials:'
Janice Steinhardt of Birmingham,

oping

new

event

co-chair, lost her husband to

pancreatic cancer about nine years

ago.
"Over the past five years, a
greater collaboratiee effort among

researchers has resulted in

more

time and money focused on the

early detection of pancreatic can­

cer:' she said, "For instance, the

Sky Foundation provides the seed
money for grant applications to
NIH and other large resources. It
takes the support of many people to
keep these efforts moving forward"
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"Even so, fewer than 20 percent
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80

percent of patients "Who have

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