Pancreatic cancer: pathogenesis, screening, diagnosis, and treatment

LD Wood, MI Canto, EM Jaffee, DM Simeone - Gastroenterology, 2022 - Elsevier
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a clinically challenging cancer, due to both its
late stage at diagnosis and its resistance to chemotherapy. However, recent advances in our …

Early detection of pancreatic cancer using DNA-based molecular approaches

AD Singhi, LD Wood - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2021 - nature.com
Due to its poor prognosis and the late stage at which it is typically diagnosed, early detection
of pancreatic cancer is a pressing clinical problem. Advances in genomic analysis of human …

Tumor-derived extracellular vesicles inhibit natural killer cell function in pancreatic cancer

J Zhao, HA Schlößer, Z Wang, J Qin, J Li, F Popp… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal malignancies. Tumor-
derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) induce pre-metastatic niche formation to promote …

Pancreatic cancer–the past, the present, and the future

R Andersson, C Haglund, H Seppänen… - Scandinavian journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Pancreatic cancer has been and still is associated with a very poor prognosis.
This is due to a lack of major breakthroughs with respect to early diagnosis, prognostication …

Early diagnosis and management of malignant distal biliary obstruction: a review on current recommendations and guidelines

M Fernandez Y Viesca, M Arvanitakis - Clinical and Experimental …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Malignant biliary obstruction is a challenging condition, requiring a multimodal approach for
both diagnosis and treatment. Pancreatic adenocarcinoma and cholangiocarcinoma are the …

Thermal ablation of pancreatic cancer: A systematic literature review of clinical practice and pre-clinical studies

P Saccomandi, A Lapergola, F Longo… - International Journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Pancreatic cancer is a challenging malignancy with low treatment option and poor
life expectancy. Thermal ablation techniques were proposed as alternative treatment …

Outcome of patients with borderline resectable pancreatic cancer in the contemporary era of neoadjuvant chemotherapy

AA Javed, MJ Wright, A Siddique, AB Blair… - Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Introduction Approximately, 20% of patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma have
resectable disease at diagnosis. Given improvements in locoregional and systemic …

The induction of peripheral trained immunity in the pancreas incites anti-tumor activity to control pancreatic cancer progression

AE Geller, R Shrestha, MR Woeste, H Guo… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the remarkable success of immunotherapy in many types of cancer, pancreatic
ductal adenocarcinoma has yet to benefit. Innate immune cells are critical to anti-tumor …

Current approaches for the curative-intent surgical treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

M Słodkowski, M Wroński, D Karkocha, L Kraj… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most dreaded cancers worldwide.
The incidence of this relatively rare cancer is increasing by almost 1.0% per year. It is …

Is Insulin Receptor Substrate4 (IRS4) a platform involved in the activation of several oncogenes?

LG Guijarro, FJ Justo Bermejo, DL Boaru… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary IRS4 (insulin receptor substrate4) belongs to a family of intracellular
proteins that include IRS1 and IRS2 and whose physiological function is to transmit the …