Study reveals how pancreatic cancer ‘changes its diet’ to survive

Study reveals how pancreatic cancer ‘changes its diet’ to survive (David Davies/PA)

Pancreatic cancer “changes its diet” to keep growing, by switching from sugar glucose to a back-up fuel, new research reveals.

The “exciting” findings suggest that using new drugs to block the availability of this molecule called uridine could provide a new treatment for the most common and aggressive form of pancreatic cancer.