| Literature DB >> 22942909 |
Anastasios Dimou1, Konstantinos N Syrigos, Muhammad Wasif Saif.
Abstract
Pancreatic cancer has historically proven resistant to anticancer agents. On the one hand, drugs might be more efficient if higher levels could be achieved at the tumor site rather than the normal tissues. On the other hand, the thick stroma and the relative absence of abundant vessels may account at least partially for the failure of successive clinical trials to demonstrate effective treatments in this type of malignancy. In this context, the development and testing in clinical trials of treatment strategies that aim to optimize drug delivery is an important target in improving the prognosis of patients with pancreatic cancer.Entities:
Keywords: chemotherapy; drug delivery; folfirinox; gemcitabine; pancreatic cancer; resistance
Year: 2012 PMID: 22942909 PMCID: PMC3424495 DOI: 10.1177/1758834012446008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ther Adv Med Oncol ISSN: 1758-8340 Impact factor: 8.168