Nanomaterials for cancer therapy: current progress and perspectives

Z Cheng, M Li, R Dey, Y Chen - Journal of hematology & oncology, 2021 - Springer
Cancer is a disease with complex pathological process. Current chemotherapy faces
problems such as lack of specificity, cytotoxicity, induction of multi-drug resistance and stem …

Tumor microenvironment as a therapeutic target in cancer

Y Xiao, D Yu - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Tumor microenvironment denotes the non-cancerous cells and components presented in
the tumor, including molecules produced and released by them. The constant interactions …

Diversity and biology of cancer-associated fibroblasts

G Biffi, DA Tuveson - Physiological reviews, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Efforts to develop anti-cancer therapies have largely focused on targeting the epithelial
compartment, despite the presence of non-neoplastic stromal components that substantially …

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 …

Extracellular matrix in the tumor microenvironment and its impact on cancer therapy

E Henke, R Nandigama, S Ergün - Frontiers in molecular biosciences, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Solid tumors are complex organ-like structures that consist not only of tumor cells but also of
vasculature, extracellular matrix (ECM), stromal, and immune cells. Often, this tumor …

[HTML][HTML] Randomized phase III trial of pegvorhyaluronidase alfa with nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine for patients with hyaluronan-high metastatic pancreatic …

E Van Cutsem, MA Tempero, D Sigal… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Randomized Phase III Trial of Pegvorhyaluronidase Alfa With Nab-Paclitaxel Plus
Gemcitabine for Patients With Hyaluronan-High Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma …

Turning foes to friends: targeting cancer-associated fibroblasts

X Chen, E Song - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
Current paradigms of cancer-centric therapeutics are usually not sufficient to eradicate the
malignancy, as the cancer stroma may prompt tumour relapse and therapeutic resistance …

Fibrosis and cancer: A strained relationship

B Piersma, MK Hayward, VM Weaver - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2020 - Elsevier
Tumors are characterized by extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition, remodeling, and cross-
linking that drive fibrosis to stiffen the stroma and promote malignancy. The stiffened stroma …

Role of cancer‐associated fibroblast subpopulations in immune infiltration, as a new means of treatment in cancer

R Mhaidly, F Mechta‐Grigoriou - Immunological reviews, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The tumor microenvironment (TME) has been identified as one of the driving factors of tumor
progression and invasion. Within this microenvironment, cancer‐associated fibroblasts …

CAR-T cells hit the tumor microenvironment: strategies to overcome tumor escape

A Rodriguez-Garcia, A Palazon… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapies have demonstrated remarkable efficacy for
the treatment of hematological malignancies. However, in patients with solid tumors …