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ReviewHeliyon2024

The road to overcome pancreatic cancer: Where are we?

Alexandru Tirpe, Cristian Streianu, Ekaterina Isachesku, Ioan Simon, Ioana Berindan-Neagoe

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Review in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Exploring facilitators and barriers to the implementation of prehabilitation for individuals with pancreatic cancer: a survey of healthcare professionals.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Alexandru TirpeResearch Center for Functional Genomics, Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 23 Marinescu Street, 400337, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Cristian StreianuThe Oncology Institute "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta", 34-36 Republicii Street, 400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ekaterina IsacheskuResearch Center for Functional Genomics, Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 23 Marinescu Street, 400337, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ioan SimonDepartment of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Victor Babes Street, 400012, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Ioana Berindan-NeagoeResearch Center for Functional Genomics, Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 23 Marinescu Street, 400337, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is an intricate malignancy with poor prognosis. In the present state of the art review paper and clinical trial trend analysis, we explore the current clinically employed state of pancreatic cancer body of knowledge and future research directions. When considering PDACs' molecular biology, we underline the role of PanIN in carcinogenesis and mutational gain, as well as the distinctive tumor microenvironment with the characteristic dense fibrotic stroma. The mutational landscape of PC typically involves KRAS, TP53, SMAD4 and CDKN2A genes, but other mutations can be identified depending on the PDAC subtype. Due to various factors, there are currently limited therapeutic options - from a surgical-centered approach in the resectable stage, to a systemic approach in more advanced stages, including the potential applicability of personalized medicine. Currently, there are numerous clinical trials undergoing that study various landscapes - from the use of newer or repurposed chemotherapeutics, to the introduction of newer immunotherapeutic agents, antibody-drug conjugates, TCR-T cell therapy and the study of mDC3/8-KRAS cancer vaccines, among others.

Indexed as

ChemotherapyClinical trialsImmunotherapyPancreatic cancerTargeted therapyTreatment

Identifiers

PMID39403527
PMCPMC11471497

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