Translational Research in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma

  • Gurbakhash Kaur Section of GI Cancers and Experimental Therapeutics, Tufts University School of Medicine. Boston, MA, USA
  • Muhammad Wasif Saif Section of GI Cancers and Experimental Therapeutics, Tufts University School of Medicine. Boston, MA, USA
Keywords: Genes, BRCA1, BRCA2, Matrix Metalloproteinases, Pancreas, Pancreatic Neoplasms

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is ranked as the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States despite intensive basic and clinical research over the last decade. In this paper we summarize the Abstracts #176, #234, and #206 presented at the 2014 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium focussing on BRCA 1 and 2 mutations, PABL gene mutations and expression of microRNAs to matrix metalloproteinase. There is an intense need for new findings in the translational research field with prognostic, predictive and therapeutic value.

Image: Survival vs. intensity of microRNA-21 staining plus severity of cancer (Figure 1)

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Author Biographies

Gurbakhash Kaur, Section of GI Cancers and Experimental Therapeutics, Tufts University School of Medicine. Boston, MA, USA
PGY1- Internal Medicine
Muhammad Wasif Saif, Section of GI Cancers and Experimental Therapeutics, Tufts University School of Medicine. Boston, MA, USA

Assistant Professor - Tufts University School of Medicine 

 

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Survival vs. intensity of microRNA-21 staining plus severity of cancer
Published
2014-03-10
How to Cite
KaurG., & SaifM. (2014). Translational Research in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma. JOP. Journal of the Pancreas, 15(2), 121-123. https://doi.org/10.6092/1590-8577/2327
Section
Highlights from the “2014 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium”. San Francisco, CA, USA. January 16-18, 2014