Dimitrios Schizas, Alkmini Koumpoura, Meropi Galari, Panagiota Economopoulou, Michail Vailas, Maria Sotiropoulou, Dimitrios Dimitroulis, Ioannis Maroulis, Evangelos Felekouras
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Abstract
Pancreatic duct adenocarcinoma is an aggressive tumor which constitutes the fourth leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the USA. Despite the fact that surgery is an integral part of treatment, 5-year survival rates remain unfavorable, partly because of the complex genetic background, delayed diagnosis and also the absence of effective therapeutic approaches. To optimize surgery's results in recent years, the use of patients' genetic profile has been implemented through classification into subtypes; subtypes based on mutations which could efficiently lead oncologists to the path of targeted novel neoadjuvant regimens. This approach aims to achieve the most effective selection of patients undergoing surgery, to increase the number of potentially resectable tumors and also control micro-metastases, aiming to extend overall survival.
期刊介绍:
Personalized Medicine (ISSN 1741-0541) translates recent genomic, genetic and proteomic advances into the clinical context. The journal provides an integrated forum for all players involved - academic and clinical researchers, pharmaceutical companies, regulatory authorities, healthcare management organizations, patient organizations and others in the healthcare community. Personalized Medicine assists these parties to shape thefuture of medicine by providing a platform for expert commentary and analysis.
The journal addresses scientific, commercial and policy issues in the field of precision medicine and includes news and views, current awareness regarding new biomarkers, concise commentary and analysis, reports from the conference circuit and full review articles.