Aspirin in pancreatic cancer : chemopreventive effects and therapeutic potentials

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Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive malignancies with dismal prognosis. Recently, aspirin has been found to be an effective chemopreventive agent for many solid tumors. However, the function of aspirin use in pancreatic cancer largely remains unknown. We herein argued that aspirin could also lower the risk of pancreatic cancer. Importantly, aspirin assumes pleiotropic effects by targeting multiple molecules. It could further target the unique tumor biology of pancreatic cancer and modify the cancer microenvironment, thus showing remarkable therapeutic potentials. Besides, aspirin could reverse the chemoradiation resistance by repressing tumor repopulation and exert synergistic potentials with metformin on pancreatic cancer chemoprevention. Moreover, aspirin secondarily benefits pancreatic cancer patients through modestly reducing cancer pain and the risk of venous thromboembolism. Furthermore, new aspirin derivatives and delivery systems might help to improve risk-to-benefit ratio. In brief, aspirin is a promising chemopreventive agent and exerts significant therapeutic potentials in pancreatic cancer.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:1866

Enthalten in:

Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1866(2016), 2 vom: 27. Dez., Seite 163-176

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jiang, Ming-Jie [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Juan-Juan [VerfasserIn]
Gu, Dian-Na [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Tian, Ling [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9100L32L2N
Anticarcinogenic Agents
Aspirin
Cancer biology
Cancer chemoprevention
Cancer microenvironment
Cancer therapy
Journal Article
Metformin
Pancreatic cancer
R16CO5Y76E
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.06.2017

Date Revised 22.09.2017

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bbcan.2016.08.002

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM263817040