Nancy Sokoler Steiner

Oncologist Seeks To Develop Vaccine Against Pancreatic Cancer

When Elizabeth Jaffee was studying to become a doctor, back in the 1980s, her uncle was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Yet even with her medical knowledge, “there was nothing I could even suggest,” said Jaffee, whose uncle passed away three months later. “The fact that there’s no hope bothers me more than anything.” Now Jaffee…