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Recent insights into the biology of pancreatic cancer.

ABSTRACT: Pancreatic cancer (PDAC) is one of the deadliest types of human cancers, owing to late stage at presentation and pervasive therapeutic resistance. The extensive tumour heterogeneity, as well as substantial crosstalk between the neoplastic epithelium and components within the microenvironment are the defining features of PDAC biology that dictate the dismal natural history. Recent advances in genomic and molecular profiling have informed on the genetic makeup and evolutionary patterns of tumour progression, leading to treatment breakthroughs in minor subsets of patients with specific tumour mutational profiles. The nature and function of tumour heterogeneity, including stromal heterogeneity, in PDAC development and therapeutic resistance, are increasingly being elucidated. Deep insight has been gained regarding the metabolic and immunological deregulation, which further sheds light on the complex biology and the observed treatment recalcitrance. Here we will summarize these recent achievements and offer our perspective on the path forward.

SUBMITTER: Yao W

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7118569 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Recent insights into the biology of pancreatic cancer.

Yao Wantong W Maitra Anirban A Ying Haoqiang H

EBioMedicine 20200302

Pancreatic cancer (PDAC) is one of the deadliest types of human cancers, owing to late stage at presentation and pervasive therapeutic resistance. The extensive tumour heterogeneity, as well as substantial crosstalk between the neoplastic epithelium and components within the microenvironment are the defining features of PDAC biology that dictate the dismal natural history. Recent advances in genomic and molecular profiling have informed on the genetic makeup and evolutionary patterns of tumour p ...[more]

PMID: 32139179

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