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Kyaw L. Aung, MBBS, PhD, on Pancreatic Cancer: Results From the COMPASS Trial

2018 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

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Kyaw L. Aung, MBBS, PhD, of Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, discusses early study findings on genomics-driven precision medicine for advanced pancreatic ductal carcinoma (Abstract 211).



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