Novel Therapeutics for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • The last decade has seen significant developments in the use of combination systemic therapy for advanced pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), with median survival approaching 1 year for select patients treated with FOLFIRINOX in the metastatic setting. However, it is sobering that these developments have been achieved with the use of traditional cytotoxics rather than from successes in the more modern fields of molecularly targeted therapies or immunotherapy. This article highlights several promising therapeutic approaches to PDAC currently under clinical evaluation, including immune therapies, molecularly targeted therapies, strategies for stromal depletion, and targeted therapy for genetically selected patients.

publication date

  • August 1, 2015

Research

keywords

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols
  • Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal
  • Immunotherapy
  • Molecular Targeted Therapy
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84938068280

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.hoc.2015.04.006

PubMed ID

  • 26226910

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 29

issue

  • 4