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PRESS RELEASE On October 14, cancer researcher Mike Mullendore will leave the windy city of Chicago to begin his cycling journey to increase awareness about pancreatic cancer and raise research dollars. Mullendore, a senior research technician in the Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center at Johns Hopkins, is scheduled to arrive on the East Coast in Baltimore the first week of November. When he's not training for a 700-mile bike trip, Mullendore studies the molecular mechanisms of pancreatic and biliary cancers under the director of pathologist Anirban Maitra. "I decided to combine my love for biking with my love for research. Pancreatic cancer is such a terrible disease and in order to move forward we need more people to be aware of it and the need for more research dollars," Mullendore says. Cancer of the pancreas is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States. It is a particularly challenging disease because it is difficult to treat. The pancreas is a gland located behind the stomach. It is shaped a little bit like a fish with a wide head, a tapering body, and a narrow-pointed tail. An estimated 31,800 Americans (15,820 men and 15,980 women) will die of pancreatic cancer in 2005.
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