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ReviewCancers2025

The Role of the Tumor Microenvironment in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: Recent Advancements and Emerging Therapeutic Strategies.

Franciszek Glapiński, Weronika Zając, Marta Fudalej, Andrzej Deptała, Aleksandra Czerw, Katarzyna Sygit, Remigiusz Kozłowski, Anna Badowska-Kozakiewicz

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Review in Cancers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 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

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Unravelling the pathogenesis and therapeutic approaches of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.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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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Franciszek GlapińskiStudents' Scientific Organization of Cancer Cell Biology, Department of Oncological Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland.
Weronika ZającStudents' Scientific Organization of Cancer Cell Biology, Department of Oncological Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland.
Marta FudalejDepartment of Oncological Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-8665-2875
Andrzej DeptałaDepartment of Oncological Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2640-2043
Aleksandra CzerwDepartment of Health Economics and Medical Law, Medical University of Warsaw, 02-091 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6189-6678
Katarzyna SygitFaculty of Health Sciences, Calisia University, 62-800 Kalisz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-7173-2266
Remigiusz KozłowskiDepartment of Management and Logistics in Healthcare, Medical University of Lodz, 90-131 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2781-5341
Anna Badowska-KozakiewiczDepartment of Oncological Propaedeutics, Medical University of Warsaw, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4990-8760

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer (PC), with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) comprising about 90% of all cases, is one of the most aggressive and lethal solid tumors. PDAC remains one of the most significant challenges of oncology to this day due to its inadequate response to conventional treatment, gradual rise in incidence since 2004, and poor five-year survival rates. As cancer cells are the primary adversary in this uneven fight, they remain the primary research target. Nevertheless, increasing attention is being paid to the tumor microenvironment (TME). The most crucial TME constellation components are immune cells, especially macrophages, stellate cells and lymphocytes, fibroblasts, bacterial and fungal microflora, and neuronal cells. Depending on the particular phenotype of these cells, the composition of the microenvironment, and the cell ratio, patients can experience different disease outcomes and varying vulnerability to treatment approaches. This study aims to present the current knowledge and review the most up-to-date scientific findings regarding the microenvironment of PC. It contains detailed information on the structure and cellular composition of the stroma, including its impact on disease development, metastasis, and response to treatment, as well as the therapeutic opportunities that arise from targeting this tissue.

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cancer-associated fibroblastsmicrobiomemicroenvironmentneuroinvasionpancreatic ductal adenocarcinomastellate cellsstromatumor-associated macrophages

Identifiers

PMID40427098
PMCPMC12110676

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