[HTML][HTML] Translating complexity and heterogeneity of pancreatic tumor: 3D in vitro to in vivo models

MA Heinrich, AMRH Mostafa, JP Morton… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an extremely aggressive type of cancer with
an overall survival rate of less than 7-8%, emphasizing the need for novel effective …

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Preclinical in vitro and ex vivo Models

B Gündel, X Liu, M Löhr, R Heuchel - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most overlooked cancers despite its
dismal median survival time of 6 months. The biggest challenges in improving patient …

Pancreatic cancer microenvironment and cellular composition: current understandings and therapeutic approaches

LH Truong, S Pauklin - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary There is currently no effective treatment for Pancreatic Ductal
Adenocarcinoma (PDAC), and it is still the deadliest cancer, despite great research efforts in …

A Novel Scaffold-Based Hybrid Multicellular Model for Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma—Toward a Better Mimicry of the in vivo Tumor Microenvironment

P Gupta, PA Pérez-Mancera, H Kocher… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
With a very low survival rate, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a deadly
disease. This has been primarily attributed to (i) its late diagnosis and (ii) its high resistance …

Ex vivo culture of intact human patient derived pancreatic tumour tissue

J Kokkinos, G Sharbeen, KS Haghighi, RMC Ignacio… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The poor prognosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is attributed to the highly
fibrotic stroma and complex multi-cellular microenvironment that is difficult to fully …

The tumour microenvironment in pancreatic cancer—clinical challenges and opportunities

WJ Ho, EM Jaffee, L Zheng - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2020 - nature.com
Metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal solid tumours
despite the use of multi-agent conventional chemotherapy regimens. Such poor outcomes …

A biomimetic tumor model of heterogeneous invasion in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

MJ Bradney, SM Venis, Y Yang, SF Konieczny, B Han - Small, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a complex, heterogeneous, and genetically
unstable disease. Its tumor microenvironment (TME) is complicated by heterogeneous …

[HTML][HTML] 3D approaches to model the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer

E Tomás-Bort, M Kieler, S Sharma, JB Candido… - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In tumor engineering, 3D approaches are used to model components of the tumor
microenvironment and to test new treatments. Pancreatic cancers are a cancer of substantial …

Patient-derived xenograft models of pancreatic cancer: overview and comparison with other types of models

PL Garcia, AL Miller, KJ Yoon - Cancers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is anticipated to be second only to lung cancer as the leading cause
of cancer-related deaths in the United States by 2030. Surgery remains the only potentially …

Modeling pancreatic cancer in mice for experimental therapeutics

K Mallya, SK Gautam, A Aithal, SK Batra… - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly aggressive malignancy that is
characterized by early metastasis, low resectability, high recurrence, and therapy resistance …