Michigan man makes medical history with cancer test [Video]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A West Michigan man is making history with a first-of-its-kind development for pancreatic cancer therapy. 

New and advanced imaging technology at BAMF Health Cancer Treatment Center could be the first step toward therapy for pancreatic cancer using imaging technology that’s only in two parts of the world, one of which being Grand Rapids. 

Research shows that because pancreatic cancer is often difficult to discover until it has spread throughout the body, it remains one of the deadliest cancers in the world.

“I think even the technology that we have today probably wouldn’t be available if people like myself didn’t sign up for these clinical trials,” Scot VanVleet said.

VanVleet, of Grandville, is the first person in the world to undergo imaging using a novel radiopharmaceutical for pancreatic cancer. BAMF Health in downtown Grand Rapids worked …