Bassett conducts clinical trial for pancreatic cancer treatment

Bassett Healthcare in Cooperstown is home to a national clinical trial that uses a new radiation therapy for inoperable pancreatic cancer.

Dr. Timothy Korytko, the chief of radiation oncology at the Bassett Healthcare Network, said he finished treatment under the pancreatic cancer trial for Bassett's first patient in Cooperstown, who also was the second patient enrolled in the trial nationwide.