Risk Factors for Pancreatic Cancer: Underlying Mechanisms and Potential Targets

• Main Author: Guido Eibl (auth)
• Other Authors: Mouad Edderkaoui (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Physiology; Blood type; Genetic mutations; src; Pancreatitis; stellate cells; Inflammation; KRAS; Pancreatic Cancer; diabetes; Risk factors
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Pancreatic Cancer has been and still is one of the deadliest types of human malignancies. The annual mortality rates almost equal incidence rates making this disease virtually universally fatal. The 5-year survival of patients with pancreatic cancer is a dismal 5% or less. Therapeutic strategies are...