Study identifies potential RAS inhibitor-immunotherapy strategy for pancreatic cancer

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Pancreatic cancer does not respond to most immunotherapies, but RAS inhibitors could alter tumors to make them more sensitive to a novel immunotherapeutic approach. In pancreatic tumors with RAS mutations, RAS inhibitors cause massive cell death and reduce immunosuppression. These changes tend to be temporary because tumors develop resistance to the therapy.