Risk Factors for Pancreatic Cancer: Underlying Mechanisms and Potential Targets

• मुख्य लेखक: Guido Eibl (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Mouad Edderkaoui (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: Physiology; Blood type; Genetic mutations; src; Pancreatitis; stellate cells; Inflammation; KRAS; Pancreatic Cancer; diabetes; Risk factors
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: 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...