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Scientists finally crack an “undruggable” pancreatic cancer target and nearly double survival

Source: Science Daily - Health & Medicine • Published: 04 Jun 2026, 13:18

Scientists finally crack an “undruggable” pancreatic cancer target and nearly double survival

Pancreatic cancer news: a readable guide to a clinical trial testing a novel strategy against a longstanding hard-to-target tumor vulnerability and its implications.

Key Takeaways
  • Drug daraxonrasib directly targets KRAS-mutant pancreatic tumors
  • Treatment nearly doubled median survival and reduced mortality risk by about 60%
  • Randomized trial compared daraxonrasib to standard chemotherapy in previously treated metastatic patients
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