Cancer overdiagnosis: a biological challenge and clinical dilemma

S Srivastava, EJ Koay, AD Borowsky… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
For cancer screening to be successful, it should primarily detect cancers with lethal potential
or their precursors early, leading to therapy that reduces mortality and morbidity. Screening …

Unravelling the enigma of siRNA and aptamer mediated therapies against pancreatic cancer

Z Liu, N Parveen, U Rehman, A Aziz, A Sheikh… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a fatal disease that has a poor 5-year survival rate. The poor
prognosis can be attributed to both troublesome detections at the initial stage, which makes …

Pancreatic cancer and cellular senescence: tumor microenvironment under the spotlight

M Cortesi, M Zanoni, F Pirini, MM Tumedei… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has one of the most dismal prognoses of all
cancers due to its late manifestation and resistance to current therapies. Accumulating …

Should we do EUS/FNA on patients with pancreatic cysts? The incremental diagnostic yield of EUS over CT/MRI for prediction of cystic neoplasms

MA Khashab, K Kim, AM Lennon, EJ Shin, AS Tignor… - Pancreas, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objectives To evaluate the performance characteristics of endoscopic ultrasonography
(EUS) compared with computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

Polymeric micelles assisted combinatorial therapy: Is it new hope for pancreatic cancer?

U Rehman, MAS Abourehab, A Alexander… - European Polymer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a fatal disease that has a 5-year survival rate of less than 9%. It is
expected to rank second in cancer-related deaths across the United States by 2030. Out of …

Pancreatic carcinogenesis

JBM Koorstra, SR Hustinx, GJA Offerhaus, A Maitra - Pancreatology, 2008 - karger.com
Pancreatic cancer is an almost universally lethal disease. Research over the last two
decades has shown that pancreatic cancer is fundamentally a genetic disease, caused by …

Aberrant expression of mucin core proteins and o-linked glycans associated with progression of pancreatic cancer

N Remmers, JM Anderson, EM Linde, DJ DiMaio… - Clinical Cancer …, 2013 - AACR
Purpose: Mucin expression is a common feature of most adenocarcinomas and features
prominently in current attempts to improve diagnosis and therapy for pancreatic cancer and …

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 …

Emerging epigenomic landscapes of pancreatic cancer in the era of precision medicine

G Lomberk, N Dusetti, J Iovanna, R Urrutia - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Genetic studies have advanced our understanding of pancreatic cancer at a mechanistic
and translational level. Genetic concepts and tools are increasingly starting to be applied to …

[HTML][HTML] Kras as a key oncogene and therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer

MA Collins, M Pasca Di Magliano - Frontiers in physiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest human malignancies and little progress has been
achieved in its treatment over the past decades. Advances in our understanding of the …