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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
Volume 196, Issue 3, Pages 430-441Publisher
EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2008.04.009
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death receptor; epidermal growth factor receptor; molecular targeted therapy; pancreatic cancer; vascular endothelial growth factor
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- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA124723-02, P20 CA101955-05, R01 CA124723, P20 CA101955] Funding Source: Medline
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BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer cells express different mutations that increase the aggressiveness and confer resistance to conventional chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Molecules that selectively bind and inhibit these mutations are effective in other solid tumors and are now emerging as a complementary therapy in pancreatic cancer. The objective of this review is to describe the effect of drugs that inhibit specific mutations present in pancreatic cancer with special emphasis on clinical trials. DATA SOURCES: We reviewed the English-language literature (MedLine) addressing the role of drugs that target mutations present in pancreatic cancer. Both preclinical and clinical studies were included. CONCLUSIONS: Preclinical evidence supports the combination of conventional approved therapies plus drugs that block epidermal growth factor receptor and vascular growth endothelial factor or induce apoptosis. However. most of the current clinical evidence is limited to small phase I trials evaluating the toxicity and safety of these regimens. The results of additional randomized trials that are still undergoing will clarify the role of these drugs in pancreatic cancer. (c) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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