Pancreatic cancer: advances and challenges

CJ Halbrook, CA Lyssiotis, MP di Magliano, A Maitra - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains one of the deadliest cancers. Significant
efforts have largely defined major genetic factors driving PDAC pathogenesis and …

Global epidemiology and genetics of hepatocellular carcinoma

MR Toh, EYT Wong, SH Wong, AWT Ng, LH Loo… - Gastroenterology, 2023 - Elsevier
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading cancers worldwide. Classically, HCC
develops in genetically susceptible individuals who are exposed to risk factors, especially in …

Spatial profiling technologies illuminate the tumor microenvironment

O Elhanani, R Ben-Uri, L Keren - Cancer cell, 2023 - cell.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is composed of many different cellular and acellular
components that together drive tumor growth, invasion, metastasis, and response to …

Neoadjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer

C Springfeld, CR Ferrone, MHG Katz… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Patients with localized pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) are best treated with
surgical resection of the primary tumour and systemic chemotherapy, which provides …

Impact of the Human Cell Atlas on medicine

JE Rood, A Maartens, A Hupalowska, SA Teichmann… - Nature medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Single-cell atlases promise to provide a 'missing link'between genes, diseases and
therapies. By identifying the specific cell types, states, programs and contexts where disease …

Context-specific determinants of the immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment in pancreatic cancer

C Falcomatà, S Bärthel, G Schneider, R Rad… - Cancer …, 2023 - aacrjournals.org
Immunotherapies have shown benefits across a range of human cancers, but not pancreatic
ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Recent evidence suggests that the immunosuppressive …

Mechanisms of resistance to oncogenic KRAS inhibition in pancreatic cancer

J Dilly, MT Hoffman, L Abbassi, Z Li, F Paradiso… - Cancer …, 2024 - aacrjournals.org
KRAS inhibitors demonstrate clinical efficacy in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC);
however, resistance is common. Among patients with KRAS G12C-mutant PDAC treated …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting neoadjuvant chemotherapy-induced metabolic reprogramming in pancreatic cancer promotes anti-tumor immunity and chemo-response

R Tang, J Xu, W Wang, Q Meng, C Shao, Y Zhang… - Cell Reports …, 2023 - cell.com
The molecular dynamics of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) under chemotherapy
remain incompletely understood. The widespread use of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) …

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the effects of chemotherapy on human pancreatic adenocarcinoma and its tumor microenvironment

G Werba, D Weissinger, EA Kawaler, E Zhao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a
complex ecosystem that drives tumor progression; however, in-depth single cell …

Single-cell profiling to explore pancreatic cancer heterogeneity, plasticity and response to therapy

S Bärthel, C Falcomatà, R Rad, FJ Theis, D Saur - Nature cancer, 2023 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a highly lethal cancer entity characterized by a
heterogeneous genetic landscape and an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment …