Pancreatic cancer: Advances and challenges

CJ Halbrook, CA Lyssiotis, MP di Magliano, A Maitra - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the deadliest cancers. Significant
efforts have largely defined major genetic factors driving PDAC pathogenesis and …

Next-generation cancer organoids

BL LeSavage, RA Suhar, N Broguiere, MP Lutolf… - Nature materials, 2022 - nature.com
Organotypic models of patient-specific tumours are revolutionizing our understanding of
cancer heterogeneity and its implications for personalized medicine. These advancements …

[HTML][HTML] Immediate surgery compared with short-course neoadjuvant gemcitabine plus capecitabine, FOLFIRINOX, or chemoradiotherapy in patients with borderline …

P Ghaneh, D Palmer, S Cicconi, R Jackson… - The lancet …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Patients with borderline resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma have
relatively low resection rates and poor survival despite the use of adjuvant chemotherapy …

[HTML][HTML] Pancreatic cancer: A review of epidemiology, trend, and risk factors

JX Hu, CF Zhao, WB Chen, QC Liu, QW Li… - World journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite rapid advances in modern medical technology and significant improvements in
survival rates of many cancers, pancreatic cancer is still a highly lethal gastrointestinal …

Cell death in pancreatic cancer: from pathogenesis to therapy

X Chen, HJ Zeh, R Kang, G Kroemer… - Nature reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is a devastating gastrointestinal cancer characterized by late diagnosis,
limited treatment success and dismal prognosis. Exocrine tumours account for 95% of …

The molecular biology of pancreatic adenocarcinoma: translational challenges and clinical perspectives

S Wang, Y Zheng, F Yang, L Zhu, XQ Zhu… - Signal transduction and …, 2021 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is an increasingly common cause of cancer mortality with a tight
correspondence between disease mortality and incidence. Furthermore, it is usually …

Global burden of 5 major types of gastrointestinal cancer

M Arnold, CC Abnet, RE Neale, J Vignat… - Gastroenterology, 2020 - Elsevier
Background & Aims There were an estimated 4.8 million new cases of gastrointestinal (GI)
cancers and 3.4 million related deaths, worldwide, in 2018. GI cancers account for 26% of …

Identification of functional heterogeneity of carcinoma-associated fibroblasts with distinct IL6-mediated therapy resistance in pancreatic cancer

KM McAndrews, Y Chen, JK Darpolor, X Zheng… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
The tumor microenvironment in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) involves a
significant accumulation of fibroblasts as part of the host response to cancer. Using single …

The frequency of Ras mutations in cancer

IA Prior, FE Hood, JL Hartley - Cancer research, 2020 - AACR
Ras is frequently mutated in cancer, however, there is a lack of consensus in the literature
regarding the cancer mutation frequency of Ras, with quoted values varying from 10%–30 …

Multidrug resistance in cancer: understanding molecular mechanisms, immunoprevention and therapeutic approaches

TB Emran, A Shahriar, AR Mahmud, T Rahman… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Several treatments are available for
cancer treatment, but many treatment methods are ineffective against multidrug-resistant …