| Literature DB >> 26811624 |
Tasuku Matsuoka1, Masakazu Yashiro1.
Abstract
Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Although recent therapeutic developments for patients with pancreatic cancer have provided survival benefits, the outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer remain unsatisfactory. Molecularly targeted cancer therapy has advanced in the past decade with the use of a number of pathways as candidates of therapeutic targets. This review summarizes the molecular features of this refractory disease while focusing on the recent clinical and experimental findings on pancreatic cancer. It also discusses the data supporting current standard clinical outcomes, and offers conclusions that may improve the management of pancreatic cancer in the future.Entities:
Keywords: Cancer stem cell; Microenvironment; Pancreatic cancer; Targeted therapy; Tyrosine kinase inhibitors
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Year: 2016 PMID: 26811624 PMCID: PMC4716076 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i2.776
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Gastroenterol ISSN: 1007-9327 Impact factor: 5.742