Targeting Notch, Hedgehog, and Wnt pathways in cancer stem cells: clinical update

N Takebe, L Miele, PJ Harris, W Jeong… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2015 - nature.com
During the past decade, cancer stem cells (CSCs) have been increasingly identified in many
malignancies. Although the origin and plasticity of these cells remain controversial, tumour …

Recent progress in pancreatic cancer

CL Wolfgang, JM Herman, DA Laheru… - CA: a cancer journal …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Pancreatic cancer is currently one of the deadliest of
the solid malignancies. However, surgery to resect neoplasms of the pancreas is safer and …

Coevolution of solid stress and interstitial fluid pressure in tumors during progression: implications for vascular collapse

T Stylianopoulos, JD Martin, M Snuderl, F Mpekris… - Cancer research, 2013 - AACR
The stress harbored by the solid phase of tumors is known as solid stress. Solid stress can
be either applied externally by the surrounding normal tissue or induced by the tumor itself …

[HTML][HTML] A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of trametinib, an oral MEK inhibitor, in combination with gemcitabine for patients with untreated metastatic …

JR Infante, BG Somer, JO Park, CP Li… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Trametinib, an oral mitogen/extracellular signal-related kinase (MEK) 1/2
inhibitor, holds promise for malignancies with rat sarcoma (RAS) mutations, like pancreas …

Emerging roles for the IL-6 family of cytokines in pancreatic cancer

G van Duijneveldt, MDW Griffin, TL Putoczki - Clinical science, 2020 - portlandpress.com
Pancreatic cancer has one of the poorest prognoses of all malignancies, with little
improvement in clinical outcome over the past 40 years. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma …

[HTML][HTML] Pancreatic cancer: advances in treatment

S Mohammed, II George Van Buren… - World journal of …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pancreatic cancer is a leading cause of cancer mortality and the incidence of this disease is
expected to continue increasing. While patients with pancreatic cancer have traditionally …

Advanced-stage pancreatic cancer: therapy options

J Werner, SE Combs, C Springfeld, W Hartwig… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2013 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is one of the most aggressive cancers, and surgical
resection is a requirement for a potential cure. However, the majority of patients are …

Chemotherapy and radiotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer

V Chin, A Nagrial, K Sjoquist… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a highly lethal disease with few effective treatment
options. Over the past few decades, many anti‐cancer therapies have been tested in the …

[HTML][HTML] Do patient access schemes for high-cost cancer drugs deliver value to society?—lessons from the NHS Cancer Drugs Fund

A Aggarwal, T Fojo, C Chamberlain, C Davis… - Annals of …, 2017 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT Background The NHS Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) was established in 2010 to
reduce delays and improve access to cancer drugs, including those that had been …

The stromal compartments in pancreatic cancer: are there any therapeutic targets?

S Lunardi, RJ Muschel, TB Brunner - Cancer letters, 2014 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is characterised by an abundant stromal
response also known as a desmoplastic reaction. Pancreatic Stellate Cells have been …