KRAS: the critical driver and therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer

AM Waters, CJ Der - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
RAS genes (HRAS, KRAS, and NRAS) comprise the most frequently mutated oncogene
family in human cancer. With the highest RAS mutation frequencies seen with the top three …

Unravelling the enigma of siRNA and aptamer mediated therapies against pancreatic cancer

Z Liu, N Parveen, U Rehman, A Aziz, A Sheikh… - Molecular Cancer, 2023 - Springer
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a fatal disease that has a poor 5-year survival rate. The poor
prognosis can be attributed to both troublesome detections at the initial stage, which makes …

Integrated genomic characterization of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

BJ Raphael, RH Hruban, AJ Aguirre, RA Moffitt, JJ Yeh… - Cancer cell, 2017 - cell.com
We performed integrated genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic profiling of 150 pancreatic
ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) specimens, including samples with characteristic low …

Survival in locally advanced pancreatic cancer after neoadjuvant therapy and surgical resection

G Gemenetzis, VP Groot, AB Blair, DA Laheru… - Annals of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The aim of the study was to identify the survival of patients with locally advanced
pancreatic cancer (LAPC) and assess the effect of surgical resection after neoadjuvant …

Lactate-modulated immunosuppression of myeloid-derived suppressor cells contributes to the radioresistance of pancreatic cancer

X Yang, Y Lu, J Hang, J Zhang, T Zhang, Y Huo… - Cancer immunology …, 2020 - AACR
The mechanisms responsible for radioresistance in pancreatic cancer have yet to be
elucidated, and the suppressive tumor immune microenvironment must be considered. We …

Real-time genomic characterization of advanced pancreatic cancer to enable precision medicine

AJ Aguirre, JA Nowak, ND Camarda, RA Moffitt… - Cancer discovery, 2018 - AACR
Clinically relevant subtypes exist for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), but
molecular characterization is not yet standard in clinical care. We implemented a biopsy …

Tumor-released exosomal circular RNA PDE8A promotes invasive growth via the miR-338/MACC1/MET pathway in pancreatic cancer

Z Li, WU Yanfang, J Li, P Jiang, T Peng, K Chen… - Cancer letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Circular RNA (circ-RNA) and exosomes have recently been shown to play important roles in
different tumors. However, the functions and regulatory mechanisms of exosomal circ-RNA …

Defining and predicting early recurrence in 957 patients with resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

VP Groot, G Gemenetzis, AB Blair… - Annals of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To establish an evidence-based cut-off to differentiate between early and late
recurrence and to compare clinicopathologic risk factors between the two groups. Summary …

Tumor restriction by type I collagen opposes tumor-promoting effects of cancer-associated fibroblasts

S Bhattacharjee, F Hamberger… - The Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) may exert tumor-promoting and tumor-suppressive
functions, but the mechanisms underlying these opposing effects remain elusive. Here, we …

Carbon ion radiotherapy in Japan: an assessment of 20 years of clinical experience

T Kamada, H Tsujii, EA Blakely, J Debus… - The Lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
Charged particle therapy is generally regarded as cutting-edge technology in oncology.
Many proton therapy centres are active in the USA, Europe, and Asia, but only a few centres …