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The role of hypoxia in pancreatic cancer: a potential therapeutic target?
Expert review of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Jan 2016
Erkan Mert, Kurtoglu Metin, Kleeff Jorg
Abstract excerpt
One of the key factors that correlates with poor survival of patients with pancreatic cancer is the extent of hypoxic areas within the tumor tissue. The adaptation of pancreatic cancer cells to limited oxygen delivery promotes the induction of an invasive and treatment-resistant phenotype, triggering metastases at an early stage of tumor development, which resist in most cases adjuvant therapies following tumor...
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