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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2026

Prehabilitation as a Strategy to Modulate the Tumor Microenvironment in Pancreatic Cancer.

Sanjna Sandeep, Jason Schutt, Kelvin Allenson, Renee Stubbins, Junjun Zheng, Shu-Hsia Chen, Atiya Dhala

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sanjna SandeepTexas A&M School of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Jason SchuttTexas A&M School of Engineering Medicine, Texas A&M University, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-4070-708X
Kelvin AllensonDepartment of Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Renee StubbinsHouston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3534-0235
Junjun ZhengImmunomonitoring Core, Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0334-1890
Shu-Hsia ChenImmunomonitoring Core, Houston Methodist Neal Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Atiya DhalaDepartment of Surgery, J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Center for Critical Care, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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Abstract

Multimodal prehabilitation aims to enhance resilience to cancer therapy through exercise, nutrition, and psychological optimization. While prehabilitation can improve physical condition and functional status, its biologic influence on the tumor microenvironment (TME) remains poorly characterized. In pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the TME is dominated by immunosuppressive and desmoplastic features that limit immune cell infiltration and therapeutic efficacy. As an exploratory pilot analysis, this study characterized the cellular composition, spatial relationships, and functional signaling of the pancreatic TME in patients who underwent prehabilitation prior to surgical resection and those who did not. Tumor samples from eight patients (four prehabilitation, four control) were analyzed with a 34-plex protein panel using Imaging Mass Cytometry (IMC), categorizing the tumor-immune landscape and functional status at the single-cell resolution. Prehabilitation tumors demonstrated reduced neutrophil and epithelial/tumor cell density and enrichment of Natural Killer (NK), CD4

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Carcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalPancreatic NeoplasmsPreoperative CareTumor MicroenvironmentAgedFemaleHumansKiller Cells, NaturalMaleMiddle AgedSignal Transductionimaging mass cytometrymultimodal prehabilitationpancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaspatial immune profilingtumor microenvironment

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PMID42884143
PMCPMC13665336

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