Gemcitabine : A Review of Chemoresistance in Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, an exocrine tumor, is the most common type of cancer of the pancreas and one of the top five most prominent causes of cancer-associated mortality worldwide. The survival rate for pancreatic cancer is sadly less than 8%. The high fatality rate is partly related to late diagnosis and partly to the aggressive nature of malignant cells that disseminate to nearby tissues at an early stage of the disease, making treatment difficult. Available treatment choices consist of both medical and surgical: removal of the tumor, use of various medications like chemotherapeutic drugs and immunotherapeutic agents, radiation therapy, and targeted drug therapy. Since most patients suffer from advanced cancer at the time of diagnosis, chemotherapy becomes the primary therapeutic option in such cases. Drugs like Gemcitabine, Abraxane, FOLFIRINOX, and newer combination therapies are all effective in management, either curatively or palliatively. However, chemoresistance poses a significant challenge. Several factors, both intrinsic and acquired, are involved in drug resistance. Here, we review the mechanism of action of the first-line chemotherapy drugs in pancreatic cancer and various factors associated with cancer chemoresistance.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Critical reviews in oncogenesis - 24(2019), 2 vom: 06., Seite 199-212

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sarvepalli, Deepika [VerfasserIn]
Rashid, Mamoon Ur [VerfasserIn]
Rahman, Asad Ur [VerfasserIn]
Ullah, Waqas [VerfasserIn]
Hussain, Ishtiaq [VerfasserIn]
Hasan, Badar [VerfasserIn]
Jehanzeb, Sundas [VerfasserIn]
Khan, Abdul Kareem [VerfasserIn]
Jain, Akriti Gupta [VerfasserIn]
Khetpal, Neelam [VerfasserIn]
Ahmad, Sarfraz [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

04ZR38536J
0W860991D6
7673326042
Albumin-Bound Paclitaxel
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Deoxycytidine
Fluorouracil
Folfirinox
Gemcitabine
Irinotecan
Journal Article
Leucovorin
Oxaliplatin
Q573I9DVLP
Review
U3P01618RT

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.07.2020

Date Revised 07.12.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1615/CritRevOncog.2019031641

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM302835962