This interview is technical, but it’s probably the most optimistic thing I’ve published in months.

There are 3 broad reasons why pancreatic cancer is so hard to treat:

1. It often starts w a gene mutation that doctors thought was “undruggable”

2. It is largely “invisible” to the immune system by evading, and even turning down, T cell response

3. It’s asymptomatic until it’s too late—and radiologists can’t even see it on scans until it’s lethal

We’re making progress along all three categories.

Today’s post explains how—and how AI-assisted radiology could make a huge difference