ReviewInternational journal of surgery (London, England)2024
Pancreatic cancer: new approaches to drug therapy.
Review in International journal of surgery (London, England), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Liver-pancreas communication in disease and drug development.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2026Review
- Microbiome-metabolome interplay in pancreatic cancer progression: insights from multi-omics analysis.Molecular cancer · 2025Article
- Extracellular Matrix Signaling Cues: Biological Functions, Diseases, and Therapeutic Targets.MedComm · 2025Review
- Knockdown of p53 Enhances LncRNA A2M-AS1 Inhibition of Pancreatic Cancer Progression via Regulating MAPK Pathway.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Antibody drug conjugate, a level-up version of monoclonal antibody?International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2024Article
- Application and challenge of pancreatic organoids in therapeutic research.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
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Abstract
Outcomes in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remain poor due to a variety of biological, clinical, and societal factors. However, in recent years, PDAC has seen 1) increased precision of initial evaluation, 2) increased emphasis on supportive care, 3) deeper understanding of the translation biology of PDAC, especially as pertains to genomic alterations, and 4) foundational combination chemotherapy clinical trials across all disease stages. These advances have led to a wide range of new approaches to drug therapy for PDAC. Currently available drugs are showing added benefit, both by resequencing them with each other and also with respect to other therapeutic modalities. Molecular strategies are being developed to predict response to known therapeutic agents and to identify others. Additionally, a wide range of new drugs for PDAC are under development, including drugs which inhibit critical molecular pathways, drugs which attempt to capitalize on homologous repair deficiencies, immunotherapeutic approaches, antimetabolic agents, and drugs which attack the extracellular matrix which supports PDAC growth. These new approaches offer the promise of improved survival for future PDAC patients.
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