作者: Robert A. Wolff , Paul Chiao , Renato Lenzi , Peter W.T. Pisters , Jeffrey E. Lee
关键词: Pancreatic disease 、 Epidermal growth factor receptor 、 Immunology 、 Internal medicine 、 Pancreatic cancer 、 Clinical trial 、 Gemcitabine 、 Oncology 、 Pancreas 、 Radiation therapy 、 Metastasis 、 Medicine
摘要: Pancreatic cancer is a lethal disease characterized by local invasion and early dissemination. It resistant to conventional surgical, radiotherapeutic, chemotherapeutic modalities. These interventions have had minimal impact on overall survival with very few patients enjoying long term survival. Over the past years, 2'difluoro-2'deoxycytidine (gemcitabine) has demonstrated modest activity in this investigations are proceeding expand its role combination radiotherapy other agents. In addition, identification of molecular defects underlying suggested targets for design rational systemic therapy. include matrix metalloproteinases, K-ras, HER2/neu, p53, epidermal growth factor receptor. Current future clinical trials designed improve pancreatic will be discussed.