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SUBMITTER: Mei L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4880763 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mei Lin L Du Wei W Ma Wen Wee WW
Journal of gastrointestinal oncology 20160601 3
Pancreatic cancer is a highly lethal disease. Conventional therapeutics targeting pancreas cancer cell compartment using cytotoxics improved patient survival but at the expense of significant toxicity. Microscopically, the tumor is characterized by thick desmoplastic stroma that surrounds islands of pancreatic cancer cells. The tumor microenvironment has been found to play important roles in carcinogenesis, the development of drug resistance, and mediating immunosuppression. The understanding th ...[more]