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SUBMITTER: Lucena S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4278407 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lucena Sara S Castro Roberto R Lundin Courtney C Hofstetter Amanda A Alaniz Amber A Suntravat Montamas M Sánchez Elda Eliza EE
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology 20141120
Pancreatic cancer often has a poor prognosis, even when diagnosed early. Pancreatic cancer typically spreads rapidly and is rarely detected in its early stages, which is a major reason it is a leading cause of cancer death. Signs and symptoms may not appear until pancreatic cancer is quite advanced, and complete surgical removal is not possible. Furthermore, pancreatic cancer responds poorly to most chemotherapeutic agents. The importance of integrins in several cell types that affect tumor prog ...[more]