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Optimization of a mouse model of pancreatic cancer to simulate the human phenotypes of metastasis and cachexia.
BMC cancer - 4 Apr 2024
Spadafora Victoria, Pryce Benjamin R, Oles Alexander, Talbert Erin E, Romeo Martin, Vaena Silvia, Berto Stefano, Ostrowski Michael C, Wang David J, Guttridge Denis C
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BACKGROUND: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) presents with a high mortality rate. Two important features of PDAC contribute to this poor outcome. The first is metastasis which occurs in ~ 80% of PDAC patients. The second is cachexia, which compromises treatment tolerance for patients and reduces their quality of life. Although various mouse models of PDAC exist, recapitulating both metastatic and cachectic...
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