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Docs hope to diagnose pancreatic cancer sooner

Posted at 12:18 AM, Mar 29, 2016
and last updated 2016-03-29 00:18:41-04

INDIANAPOLIS -- A pancreatic cancer diagnosis can mean a lot of things, but for too many patients, it's a death sentence.

Thanks to research being done right here in Indiana, doctors are only a few years away from using genetics to diagnose the disease earlier.

Good Morning Indiana Anchor Beth Vaughn visited IU Simon Cancer Center to see where the science is on the disease. Watch her report in the video player above.

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