Why Pancreatic Cancer Is So Deadly
Pancreatic cancer is the third-leading cause of death from cancer in the United States, after lung and colorectal cancers
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Pancreatic cancer is the third-leading cause of death from cancer in the United States, after lung and colorectal cancers
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Anthony Scherg became the first person in the state to receive a liver transplant and have part of his pancreas removed at the same time.
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As he sends more troops to Venezuela's borders amid a standoff with Trump, President Nicolas Maduro says he's also rescheduling Christmas, to defend "the right to happiness."
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It was 175 years ago that California officially became a state, and there's a free block-long festival on Tuesday to mark the occasion.
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More than a year after Hai Pham canceled the trial membership, he kept getting charged every month for it.
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A Folsom home caught fire as officers were dealing with a barricaded suspect Monday night.
There is no word yet on what caused the crash.
Conor McGill reports.
It was 175 years ago that California officially became a state, and there's a free block-long festival on Tuesday to mark the occasion.
A heavy police presence responded to a Folsom neighborhood where a man was barricaded inside a burning home, officials said Monday evening.