[HTML][HTML] The TGF-β/Smad4 signaling pathway in pancreatic carcinogenesis and its clinical significance

S Ahmed, AD Bradshaw, S Gera, MZ Dewan… - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most fatal human cancers due to its
complicated genomic instability. PDAC frequently presents at an advanced stage with …

Immunotherapy for gastrointestinal malignancies

PG Toomey, NA Vohra, T Ghansah… - Cancer …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Gastrointestinal (GI) cancers are the most common human tumors encountered
worldwide. The majority of GI cancers are unresectable at the time of diagnosis, and in the …

[HTML][HTML] Phase I/II study of verteporfin photodynamic therapy in locally advanced pancreatic cancer

MT Huggett, M Jermyn, A Gillams, R Illing… - British journal of …, 2014 - nature.com
Background: Patients with pancreatic cancer have a poor prognosis apart from the few
suitable for surgery. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) produces localised tissue necrosis but …

[HTML][HTML] Survival improvement in patients with pancreatic cancer by decade: a period analysis of the SEER database, 1981–2010

H Sun, H Ma, G Hong, H Sun, J Wang - Scientific reports, 2014 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer (PaCa) is an aggressive malignancy with a high mortality rate and a poor
prognosis. To evaluate treatment outcomes of patients with pancreatic cancer over the past …

Cancer statistics: current diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer in Shanghai, China

J Long, G Luo, Z Xiao, Z Liu, M Guo, L Liu, C Liu, J Xu… - Cancer letters, 2014 - Elsevier
A multi-center population-based study in Shanghai, China was performed to explore the
implications for the management of pancreatic cancer by comparing diagnosis and survival …

Recent trends in survival of patients with pancreatic cancer in Germany and the United States

E Sirri, FA Castro, J Kieschke, L Jansen, K Emrich… - Pancreas, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Survival improvement for pancreatic cancer has not been observed in the last 4
decades. We report the most up-to-date population-based relative survival (RS) estimates …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of metformin on survival of patients with pancreatic cancer: a meta-analysis

X Li, T Li, Z Liu, S Gou, C Wang - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
We conducted a meta-analysis to analyse the effect of metformin on survival of pancreatic
cancer patients at various stages. We performed a systematic search of PubMed, Embase …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term survivors of pancreatic cancer: a California population-based study

A Kardosh, DY Lichtensztajn, MA Gubens, PL Kunz… - Pancreas, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Objectives Pancreatic cancer continues to carry a poor prognosis with survival rates that
have had minimal improvement over the past 4 decades. We report a population-based …

[HTML][HTML] Outcome of head compared to body and tail pancreatic cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 93 studies

G Tomasello, M Ghidini, A Costanzo… - Journal of …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Even when resectable pancreatic cancer (PC) is associated with a dismal
prognosis. Initial presentation varies according with primary tumor location. Aim of this …

ABO blood group and risk of pancreatic cancer: a study in Shanghai and meta-analysis

HA Risch, L Lu, J Wang, W Zhang, Q Ni… - American journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Studies over 5 decades have examined ABO blood groups and risk of pancreatic cancer in
Western, Asian, and other populations, though no systematic review has been published …