Loss of loved ones drives a family's determination to eradicate cancer

(University of Hawaii Cancer Center) A Hawaii family's $50,000 gift funds pancreatic cancer research in Hawaii. The donation is in memory of family members lost to cancer. It will fund a study at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center to detect pancreatic cancer earlier. The research supported by the donation includes validating early promising results in detecting pancreatic cancer from a panel of five metabolites found in the blood plasma.