A new pancreatic cancer pill may be a game changer for patients

While not a cure, the drug nearly doubles patients’ survival time versus chemotherapy

A microscopy image of yellow, textured pancreatic cancer cells.

A drug called daraxonrasib can switch off the signal that tells pancreatic cancer cells (shown in this scanning electron microscopy image) to grow.

Anne Weston, EM STP, the Francis Crick Institute / Science Source

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