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Ductal origin of pancreatic adenocarcinomas induced by conditional activation of a human Ha-ras oncogene in rat pancreas.
Carcinogenesis - 1 Dec 2006
Ueda Shinobu, Fukamachi Katsumi, Matsuoka Yoichiro, Takasuka Nobuo, Takeshita Fumitaka, Naito Akihiro, Iigo Masaaki, Alexander David B, Moore Malcolm A, Saito Izumu, Ochiya Takahiro, Tsuda Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is one of the most debilitating malignancies in humans. Currently, radiation and chemotherapy are ineffective, with median survival times after treatment of <12 months. Animal models that reflect the human condition and can be used to explore screening and therapeutic approaches are clearly desirable. One feature of human pancreatic adenocarcinoma is an exceedingly high frequency...
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