Molecular alterations and targeted therapy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Y Qian, Y Gong, Z Fan, G Luo, Q Huang… - Journal of hematology & …, 2020 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a malignancy characterized by a poor
prognosis and high mortality rate. Genetic mutations and altered molecular pathways serve …

Cancer immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs): potential, mechanisms of resistance, and strategies for reinvigorating T cell responsiveness when …

HE Marei, A Hasan, G Pozzoli, C Cenciarelli - Cancer cell international, 2023 - Springer
Cancer is still the leading cause of death globally. The approval of the therapeutic use of
monoclonal antibodies against immune checkpoint molecules, notably those that target the …

Broadening the impact of immunotherapy to pancreatic cancer: challenges and opportunities

VP Balachandran, GL Beatty, SK Dougan - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is projected to become the second deadliest
cancer in the United States by 2025, with 5-year survival at less than 10%. In other …

Stromal biology and therapy in pancreatic cancer: ready for clinical translation?

A Neesse, CA Bauer, D Öhlund, M Lauth, M Buchholz… - Gut, 2019 - gut.bmj.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is notoriously aggressive and hard to treat. The
tumour microenvironment (TME) in PDA is highly dynamic and has been found to promote …

Chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer

C Springfeld, D Jäger, MW Büchler, O Strobel… - La Presse Medicale, 2019 - Elsevier
Chemotherapy is an important part of multimodality pancreatic cancer treatment. After
curative resection, adjuvant chemotherapy can significantly improve disease free survival …

Comprehensive characterisation of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma with microsatellite instability: histology, molecular pathology and clinical implications

C Luchini, LAA Brosens, LD Wood, D Chatterjee… - Gut, 2021 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Recently, tumours with microsatellite instability (MSI)/defective DNA mismatch
repair (dMMR) have gained considerable interest due to the success of immunotherapy in …

Tumour microenvironment of pancreatic cancer: immune landscape is dictated by molecular and histopathological features

E Karamitopoulou - British journal of cancer, 2019 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is a lethal disease, with fewer than 7% of patients surviving beyond 5
years following diagnosis. Immune responses are known to influence tumour progression …

Checkpoint inhibitors in pancreatic cancer

A Henriksen, A Dyhl-Polk, I Chen, D Nielsen - Cancer treatment reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction Immune checkpoint inhibitors, targeting cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated
protein 4 (CTLA-4) and the programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1)/programmed cell death …

Microsatellite instability and immune checkpoint inhibitors: toward precision medicine against gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary cancers

Y Eso, T Shimizu, H Takeda, A Takai… - Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Recent innovations in the next-generation sequencing technologies have unveiled that the
accumulation of genetic alterations results in the transformation of normal cells into cancer …

New treatment strategies for metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

RR Singh, EM O'Reilly - Drugs, 2020 - Springer
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is typically diagnosed at an advanced stage,
with systemic therapy being the mainstay of treatment. Survival continues to be limited …