Pancreatic stellate cells and pancreatic cancer cells: an unholy alliance

A Vonlaufen, PA Phillips, Z Xu, D Goldstein, RC Pirola… - Cancer research, 2008 - AACR
Pancreatic cancer—a tumor displaying a particularly abundant stromal reaction—is
notorious for its poor prognosis. Recent studies, via newly developed orthotopic models …

Cystic lesions of the pancreas: a diagnostic and management dilemma

G Garcea, SL Ong, A Rajesh, CP Neal, CA Pollard… - Pancreatology, 2008 - Elsevier
Abstract Background/Aims: Due to enhanced imaging modalities, pancreatic cysts are being
increasingly detected, often as an incidental finding. They comprise a wide range of differing …

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: molecular pathology and predictive biomarkers

M Taherian, H Wang, H Wang - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has an extremely poor prognosis due to the lack
of methods or biomarkers for early diagnosis and its resistance to conventional treatment …

Does size matter in pancreatic cancer?: Reappraisal of tumour dimension as a predictor of outcome beyond the TNM

G Marchegiani, S Andrianello, G Malleo… - Annals of …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To explore the role of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) size on surgical
and survival outcomes. Background: Tumor size is a prognostic factor for the majority of solid …

Risk factor, early diagnosis and overall survival on outcome of association between pancreatic cancer and diabetes mellitus: Changes and advances, a review

R Khadka, W Tian, X Hao, R Koirala - International Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
To review literature addressing determination of the risk factor, early diagnosis and overall
survival on outcome among patient of pancreatic cancer associated with diabetes mellitus …

Systematic review of immunohistochemical biomarkers to identify prognostic subgroups of patients with pancreatic cancer

D Ansari, A Rosendahl, J Elebro… - Journal of British …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) carries a dismal prognosis. There is
a need to identify prognostic subtypes of PDAC to predict clinical and therapeutic outcomes …

Radiofrequency ablation of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: a pilot study of feasibility, efficacy, and safety

S Rossi, FT Viera, G Ghittoni, L Cobianchi, LL Rosa… - Pancreas, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective This study aimed to assess the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of radiofrequency
ablation (RFA) of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs). Methods We performed RFA …

A novel survival-based tissue microarray of pancreatic cancer validates MUC1 and mesothelin as biomarkers

JM Winter, LH Tang, DS Klimstra, MF Brennan… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background One–fifth of patients with seemingly 'curable'pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
(PDA) experience an early recurrence and death, receiving no definable benefit from a …

Myeloid-derived suppressor cells: general characteristics and relevance to clinical management of pancreatic cancer

P Goedegebuure, JB Mitchem… - Current cancer drug …, 2011 - ingentaconnect.com
Recent studies describe a heterogeneous population of cells of the myeloid lineage, termed
myeloid derived suppressor cells (MDSC), which are observed with increased prevalence in …

A systematic review of the prognostic value of lymph node ratio, number of positive nodes and total nodes examined in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

M Elshaer, G Gravante, M Kosmin… - The Annals of The …, 2017 - publishing.rcseng.ac.uk
BACKGROUND Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is the most common pancreatic cancer.
Five-year overall survival is currently 3.3–6.0%. The aim of this review was to evaluate the …