A timely and accurate detection of pancreatic cancer is essential to planning the best course of treatment.

Since it is usually diagnosed at a later and more advanced stage, pancreatic cancer can be a difficult disease to treat.

Thus, therapy needs to be rapid and aggressive — requiring the expertise of experienced specialists — to ensure optimal results and best chance at a cure.

Laleh G Melstrom, MD is here to discuss pancreatic cancer and all City of Hope's research, diagnoses and treatments.