Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: biological hallmarks, current status, and future perspectives of combined modality treatment approaches

M Orth, P Metzger, S Gerum, J Mayerle, G Schneider… - Radiation …, 2019 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly devastating disease with poor
prognosis and rising incidence. Late detection and a particularly aggressive biology are the …

A systematic review of the burden of pancreatic cancer in Europe: real-world impact on survival, quality of life and costs

A Carrato, A Falcone, M Ducreux, JW Valle… - Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess the overall burden of pancreatic cancer in
Europe, with a focus on survival time in a real-world setting, and the overall healthy life lost …

Irinotecan delivery by lipid-coated mesoporous silica nanoparticles shows improved efficacy and safety over liposomes for pancreatic cancer

X Liu, A Situ, Y Kang, KR Villabroza, Y Liao… - ACS …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Urgent intervention is required to improve the 5 year survival rate of pancreatic ductal
adenocarcinoma (PDAC). While the four-drug regimen, FOLFIRINOX (comprising irinotecan …

Tumor–stroma IL1β-IRAK4 feedforward circuitry drives tumor fibrosis, chemoresistance, and poor prognosis in pancreatic cancer

D Zhang, L Li, H Jiang, Q Li, A Wang-Gillam, J Yu… - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
Targeting the desmoplastic stroma of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) holds
promise to augment the effect of chemotherapy, but success in the clinic has thus far been …

[HTML][HTML] CCR5/CCL5 axis interaction promotes migratory and invasiveness of pancreatic cancer cells

SK Singh, MK Mishra, IEA Eltoum, S Bae, JW Lillard… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the deadliest cancers and remains a major challenge due
to its invasive and metastatic nature. Increased levels of CCR5 and CCL5 have established …

The multiple roles of exosomes in metastasis

UH Weidle, F Birzele, G Kollmorgen… - Cancer Genomics & …, 2017 - cgp.iiarjournals.org
Exosomes are important contributors to cell–cell communication and their role as diagnostic
markers for cancer and the pathogenesis for cancer is under intensive investigation. Here …

[HTML][HTML] Gemcitabine combined with the monoclonal antibody nimotuzumab is an active first-line regimen inKRAS wildtype patients with locally advanced or metastatic …

B Schultheis, D Reuter, MP Ebert, J Siveke, A Kerkhoff… - Annals of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background This randomized study was designed to investigate the superiority of
gemcitabine (gem) plus nimotuzumab (nimo), an anti-epidermal growth factor receptor …

TGF-β in pancreatic cancer initiation and progression: two sides of the same coin

W Shen, G Tao, Y Zhang, B Cai, J Sun, Z Tian - Cell & bioscience, 2017 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer is highly lethal malignant tumor with characterised rapid progression,
invasiveness and resistance to radiochemotherapy. Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) …

An overview of genetic mutations and epigenetic signatures in the course of pancreatic cancer progression

AA Khan, X Liu, X Yan, M Tahir, S Ali… - Cancer and metastasis …, 2021 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is assumed to be an intimidating and deadly malignancy due to
being the leading cause of cancer-led mortality, predominantly affecting males of older age …

CAR T‐cell therapy for pancreatic cancer

CJ DeSelm, ZE Tano, AM Varghese… - Journal of surgical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T‐cell therapy utilizes genetic engineering to redirect a
patient's own T cells to target cancer cells. The remarkable results in hematological …