Advances in the epidemiology of pancreatic cancer: Trends, risk factors, screening, and prognosis

J Cai, H Chen, M Lu, Y Zhang, B Lu, L You, T Zhang… - Cancer letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is a malignancy with poor prognosis and high mortality. The recent
increase in pancreatic cancer incidence and mortality has resulted in an increased number …

Burden of pancreatic cancer: from epidemiology to practice

N Khalaf, HB El-Serag, HR Abrams, AP Thrift - Clinical Gastroenterology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer is the seventh leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide with
432,242 related deaths in 2018. Unlike other cancers, the incidence of pancreatic cancer …

Clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a population-based study

T Yu, X Chen, X Zhang, E Zhang, C Sun - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
We aimed to explore the clinicopathological features and survival-related factors for
intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC). Eligible data were extracted from the Surveillance …

Downregulation of tumor‐derived exosomal miR-34c induces cancer‐associated fibroblast activation to promote cholangiocarcinoma progress

X Qin, M Lu, G Li, Y Zhou, Z Liu - Cancer Cell International, 2021 - Springer
Background This study aimed to investigate the exact regulatory mechanisms of exosomal
miR-34c in mediating communication between cholangiocarcinoma cells and fibroblasts …

COVID‐19 and Liver Cirrhosis: Focus on the Nonclassical Renin‐Angiotensin System and Implications for Therapy

G Sansoe, M Aragno, F Wong - Hepatology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a positive-sense
single-stranded RNA virus, and the syndrome it causes is named the coronavirus disease …

The function of cGAS-STING pathway in treatment of pancreatic cancer

G Mohseni, J Li, AN Ariston Gabriel, L Du… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The activation of stimulator of interferon genes (STING) signalling pathway has been
suggested to promote the immune responses against malignancy. STING is activated in …

Incidental intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma in patients undergoing liver transplantation: a multi‐center study in Japan

T Hara, S Eguchi, T Yoshizumi… - Journal of Hepato …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma had been considered a contraindication for
liver transplantation because of poorer outcomes. However, incidental intrahepatic …

De Novo Colorectal and Pancreatic Cancer in Liver‐Transplant Recipients: Identifying the Higher‐Risk Populations

N Nasser‐Ghodsi, K Mara, KD Watt - Hepatology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims Gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies are common after liver
transplantation. The aim of this study was to identify the risk and timing of the more common …

[HTML][HTML] Pancreatic adenocarcinoma in liver transplant recipients: a case series

MA Rauf, IA Ziogas, JM Sealock, LK Davis… - Annals of pancreatic …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Malignancy is one of the known leading causes of death among long-term liver
transplantation (LT) survivors. Pancreatic cancer has an incidence of 7.6/100,000 in North …

[HTML][HTML] Association Between Hepatitis C Virus Infections and Toll-Like Receptor 3 Gene Polymorphism, Erbil City

AB Mohammed, BI Mohammed… - Medical Journal of …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Materials and Methods: For this purpose, samples were collected from many private
hospitals, which included 50 samples from patients with HCV and 10 samples as controls …