| Literature DB >> 18796369 |
Cristóbal Belda-Iniesta1, Immaculada Ibáñez de Cáceres, Jorge Barriuso, Javier de Castro Carpeño, Manuel González Barón, Jaime Feliú.
Abstract
Pancreatic cancer is a leading cause of cancer death. This devastating disease has the horrible honour of close to equal incidence and mortality rates. Late diagnosis and a constitutive resistance to every chemotherapy approach are responsible for this scenario. However, molecular biology tools in cooperation with translational efforts have dissected several secrets that underlie pancreatic cancer. Progressive acquisition of malignant, invasive phenotypes from pre-malignant lesions, recent revelations on core signalling pathways and new targeted designed trials offer a better future for pancreatic cancer patients. This review will summarise recent advances in the molecular biology of pancreatic cancer.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18796369 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-008-0247-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Transl Oncol ISSN: 1699-048X Impact factor: 3.405