Liputan6.com, Jakarta - Scientists from Spain has opened a new chapter in the fight against pancreatic cancer, one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat types of cancer. Two leading teams of scientists have successfully developed a therapeutic approach that shows promising results in mouse models, even without severe side effects. Dr. Mariano Barbacid and his team at the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) pioneered a triple-drug combination therapy that effectively eliminated pancreatic tumors in mice. AdvertisementMeanwhile, Dr. Bruno Sainz Jr. of the Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Sols-Morreale (IIBM) focused on pancreatic cancer stem cells. "These studies open a path to designing new combination therapies that can improve survival for patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma [the most common pancreatic cancer].