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SUBMITTER: Cohen R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4627277 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cohen Romain R Neuzillet Cindy C Tijeras-Raballand Annemilaï A Faivre Sandrine S de Gramont Armand A Raymond Eric E
Oncotarget 20150701 19
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is expected to become the second leading cause of cancer death by 2030. Current therapeutic options are limited, warranting an urgent need to explore innovative treatment strategies. Due to specific microenvironment constraints including an extensive desmoplastic stroma reaction, PDAC faces major metabolic challenges, principally hypoxia and nutrient deprivation. Their connection with oncogenic alterations such as KRAS mutations has brought metabolic repro ...[more]