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Our Mission

The Rolfe Foundation's mission is to support scientific research that will lead to an early detection test for pancreatic cancer and to fund organizations that specialize in support services for patients and their loved ones. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity as designated by Internal Revenue Service.

The Foundation was started in 1999 by the family and friends of Michael Rolfe whose untimely death from pancreatic cancer was the inspiration for creating a Foundation to serve as a catalyst for the early diagnosis and ultimate cure of pancreatic cancer.

Latest News

Recurrent GNAS Mutations Define an Unexpected Pathway for Pancreatic Cyst Development

Like bad traffic, surgery is something to be avoided if at all possible.

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Urine test could hold key to early cancer diagnosis

"The findings could help the detection of [pancreatic] cancer in people who have not yet started to show symptoms."

"It would enable patients to be diagnosed much earlier, leading to improved survival rates."

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FDA approves new pancreatic cancer drug

"Data show Afinitor delays tumor growth and reduces risk of disease progression in patients with advanced neuroendocrine tumors (NET) of pancreatic origin," the Swiss drugmaker said in a statement.

"This marks the first approval of a treatment for this patient population in the United States in nearly 30 years."

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See article in LA Times about Rolfe funded scientist, Kevin Roggin and his collaboration with Kevin White in The University of Chicago's Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology.

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Pancreatic Cancer News


Ralph H. Hruban, M.D. Professor of Pathology and Oncology at Johns Hopkins

A recent Johns Hopkins research paper, funded in part by the Rolfe Foundation, appeared in the October 28, 2010 edition of the prestigious journal, Nature, "Distant Metastasis Occurs Late During the Genetic Evolution of Pancreatic Cancer." This research from rapid autopsies indicates that the genetic evolution of pancreatic cancer from "occurrence of the initiating mutation and birth of the non-metastatic founder cell is at least 10 years.

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Upcoming Events

March Mania Basketball Bracket Program
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Casino Night - Fall 2012

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Pancreatic Survivor Harriet Wulfstat
Stands Triumphant on the
Great Wall of China in 2006.

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