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ReviewUnited European gastroenterology journal2025

Organoid-based precision medicine in pancreatic cancer.

Alica K Beutel, Menar Ekizce, Thomas J Ettrich, Thomas Seufferlein, Jessica Lindenmayer, Johann Gout, Alexander Kleger

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Review in United European gastroenterology journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Patient-derived organoids in gynaecological cancers: emerging tools for therapy and disease modelling.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  9. Update on the Pancreas: Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies.United European gastroenterology journal · 2025
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  10. Organoid-based precision medicine in pancreatic cancer.United European gastroenterology journal · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Alica K BeutelDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0009-0005-9573-0333
Menar EkizceInstitute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6718-8958
Thomas J EttrichDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7654-2442
Thomas SeufferleinDepartment of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3259-0810
Jessica LindenmayerCore Facility Organoids, Medical Faculty of Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Johann GoutInstitute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0522-9800
Alexander KlegerInstitute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0592-5232

Funding

Clinician Scientist Program of Ulm UniversityDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 2544/10-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 2544/6-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 2544/7-1Deutsche Krebshilfe 70114761German Cancer AidMedizinische Fakultät, Universität Ulm
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) ranks among the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Despite advances in precision oncology in other malignancies, treatment of PDAC still largely relies on conventional chemotherapy. Given the dismal prognosis and heterogeneity in PDAC, there is an urgent need for personalized therapeutic strategies to improve treatment response. Organoids, generated from patients' tumor tissue, have emerged as a powerful tool in cancer research. These three-dimensional models faithfully recapitulate the morphological and genetic features of the parental tumor and retain patient-specific heterogeneity. This review summarizes existing precision oncology approaches in PDAC, explores current applications and limitations of organoid cultures in personalized medicine, details preclinical studies correlating in vitro organoid prediction and patient treatment response, and provides an overview of ongoing organoid-based clinical trials.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalOrganoidsPancreatic NeoplasmsPrecision MedicineAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsClinical Trials as TopicHumansAntineoplastic Agentsdrug response predictiononcologypancreatic ductal adenocarcinomapatient‐derived organoidsPDACpersonalized therapypharmacotypingprecision oncologytreatment response

Identifiers

PMID39540683
PMCPMC11866314

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