India, Oct. 15 -- Indian-American doctor and cancer researcher Rachna Shroff, who was among the leading experts in pancreatic and biliary tract cancers, has died at the age of 47. She died of the same disease for which she was seeking a cure.

Shroff was a clinician-scientist and associate director of the University of Arizona Cancer Center. The university announced her death on Monday, while the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) paid tribute to her on Tuesday, describing her as one of the foremost experts in pancreatic and biliary tract cancers.

According to a report by People, Shroff was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year after noticing that one of her lymph nodes had begun to swell in May. In the weeks that followed, s...