IN THE NEWS – Pancreatic Cancer: Cigarette Smoke May Fuel Tumor Growth and Spread

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Though it's known that smoking can cause cancer, and not just lung cancer, researchers have published a new study revealing chemicals from cigarette smoke that "reprogram the immune system" and assist in tumor growth. Asfar Azmi, Ph.D., scientist, director of the Pancreatic Cancer Research Initiative and member of the Molecular Therapeutics Research Program at Karmanos, and Najeeb Al Hallak, M.D., MS, medical oncologist and co-leader of the Gastrointestinal and Neuroendocrine Oncology Multidisciplinary Team, discuss the implications of this study and offer tips to those who are trying to quit smoking.

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Asfar Azmi, Ph.D.

Najeeb Al Hallak, M.D., MS