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St. Vincent's Launches Pancreatic Screening Progam

Project Purple High-Risk Pancreatic Cancer Program

As with many forms of cancer, early diagnosis dramatically increases a person’s chance of survival. The Project Purple High-Risk Pancreatic Cancer Program was created to monitor those considered at increased risk of developing the disease.

Dr. Charles Cha, Chief of Surgical Oncology at the Hartford HealthCare Cancer Institute at St. Vincent's Medical Center, talks abut the screening process.

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