Pancreatic Cancer Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Pancreatic Cancer, including details on symptoms, causes, treatment, information.

Volume 6 (2009), Issue 2 (February)

1. Clinical significance of interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene polymorphism and IL-6 serum level in pancreatic adenocarcinoma and chronic pancreatitis.
   Dig Dis Sci, 54(3): 683-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Role of repeated endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration in small solid pancreatic masses with previous indeterminate and negative cytological findings.
   Dig Dis, 26(4): 377-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Endoscopic ultrasound fine-needle aspiration detection of extravascular migratory metastasis from a remotely located pancreatic cancer.
   Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol, 7(2): 246-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to pancreatic cancer-associated gastroparesis: literature review and our experience.
   Dig Dis Sci, 54(2): 401-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Synergistic growth inhibitory effects of the dual endothelin-1 receptor antagonist bosentan on pancreatic stellate and cancer cells.
   Dig Dis Sci, 54(2): 309-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Proteomic profiling in pancreatic cancer with and without lymph node metastasis.
   Int J Cancer, 124(7): 1614-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Oxaliplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and leucovorin as second-line treatment for advanced pancreatic cancer.
   Am J Clin Oncol, 32(1): 44-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Hdm2 is regulated by K-Ras and mediates p53-independent functions in pancreatic cancer cells.
   Oncogene, 28(5): 709-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. The role of STAT-3 in the induction of apoptosis in pancreatic cancer cells by benzyl isothiocyanate.
   J Natl Cancer Inst, 101(3): 176-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors: the impact of surgical resection on survival.
    Cancer, 115(4): 741-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Surgical resection for metastatic non-small cell lung cancer to the pancreas.
    Lung Cancer, 63(3): 433-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Inhibition of COX-2 and activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma synergistically inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis of human pancreatic carcinoma cells.
    Cancer Lett, 275(2): 247-55. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Characterization of the 7q21-q22 amplicon identifies ARPC1A, a subunit of the Arp2/3 complex, as a regulator of cell migration and invasion in pancreatic cancer.
    Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 48(4): 330-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Combined silencing of K-ras and Akt2 oncogenes achieves synergistic effects in inhibiting pancreatic cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo.
    Cancer Gene Ther, 16(3): 227-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Inhibitors of insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor tyrosine kinase are preferentially cytotoxic to nutrient-deprived pancreatic cancer cells.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 380(1): 171-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Regulation and functional role of eEF1A2 in pancreatic carcinoma.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 380(1): 11-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Serum vitamin D and risk of pancreatic cancer in the prostate, lung, colorectal, and ovarian screening trial.
    Cancer Res, 69(4): 1439-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Specific cross-talk between epidermal growth factor receptor and integrin alphavbeta5 promotes carcinoma cell invasion and metastasis.
    Cancer Res, 69(4): 1383-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Insulin receptor substrate-2 mediated insulin-like growth factor-I receptor overexpression in pancreatic adenocarcinoma through protein kinase Cdelta.
    Cancer Res, 69(4): 1350-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Crocetin inhibits pancreatic cancer cell proliferation and tumor progression in a xenograft mouse model.
    Mol Cancer Ther, 8(2): 315-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. EFEMP1 expression promotes in vivo tumor growth in human pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
    Mol Cancer Res, 7(2): 189-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. KRAS2 mutations in human pancreatic acinar-ductal metaplastic lesions are limited to those with PanIN: implications for the human pancreatic cancer cell of origin.
    Mol Cancer Res, 7(2): 230-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. CD44 variant isoforms promote metastasis formation by a tumor cell-matrix cross-talk that supports adhesion and apoptosis resistance.
    Mol Cancer Res, 7(2): 168-79. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Fruit and vegetable consumption and pancreatic cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.
    Int J Cancer, 124(8): 1926-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Interposition graft with polytetrafluoroethylene for mesenteric and portal vein reconstruction after pancreaticoduodenectomy.
    Br J Surg, 96(3): 247-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. HMGA2 maintains oncogenic RAS-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in human pancreatic cancer cells.
    Am J Pathol, 174(3): 854-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Isolated solitary ducts (naked ducts) in adipose tissue: a specific but underappreciated finding of pancreatic adenocarcinoma and one of the potential reasons of understaging and high recurrence rate.
    Am J Surg Pathol, 33(3): 425-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Insulinomatosis: a multicentric insulinoma disease that frequently causes early recurrent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia.
    Am J Surg Pathol, 33(3): 339-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Effects of neoadjuvant combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy on the CT evaluation of resectability and staging in patients with pancreatic head cancer.
    Radiology, 250(3): 758-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Global genomic analysis of intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas reveals significant molecular differences compared to ductal adenocarcinoma.
    Ann Surg, 249(3): 440-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Management of the primary tumor in patients with metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor: a contemporary single-institution review.
    Am J Surg, 197(3): 376-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Regulation of pancreas plasticity and malignant transformation by Akt signaling.
    Gastroenterology, 136(3): 1091-103. [Abstract] [Full-text]

© 2004-2010 Pancreatic Cancer Research Today. All Rights Reserved.