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Pathological Changes in Pancreatic Carcinogenesis: A Review

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Pancreatic cancer has an extremely poor prognosis. Pathological characteristics of pancreatic carcinogenesis, including precancerous lesions and cancers, might provide valuable information for the development of early diagnosis and effective treatments. Autopsy studies have revealed...

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Autores principales: Yamakawa, Keiko, Ye, Juanjuan, Nakano-Narusawa, Yuko, Matsuda, Yoko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7914468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33567676
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13040686
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author Yamakawa, Keiko
Ye, Juanjuan
Nakano-Narusawa, Yuko
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description SIMPLE SUMMARY: Pancreatic cancer has an extremely poor prognosis. Pathological characteristics of pancreatic carcinogenesis, including precancerous lesions and cancers, might provide valuable information for the development of early diagnosis and effective treatments. Autopsy studies have revealed pathological characteristics of precancerous lesions. Animal studies using hamsters and mice have revealed the mechanisms of carcinogenesis. We have summarized pathological changes in the pancreas of humans and experimental animals. ABSTRACT: Despite advances in diagnostics and therapeutics, the prognosis of pancreatic cancer remains dismal. Because of a lack of early diagnostic methods, aggressive local progression, and high incidence of distant metastasis, most pancreatic cancers are inoperable; therefore, the characteristics of early pancreatic cancer have not been well understood. Autopsy studies revealed the characteristics of prediagnostic pancreatic malignancies, including precancerous lesions, early stage pancreatic cancer, and pancreatic cancer without clinical symptoms (occult cancers). Animal models using hamsters and genetically engineered mice have focused on mechanisms of carcinogenesis, thereby providing insights into risk factors and prevention and serving as a preclinical test for the development of novel diagnostic and treatment modalities. In this review, we have summarized pathological changes in the pancreas of humans and experimental animals during carcinogenesis.
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spelling pubmed-79144682021-03-01 Pathological Changes in Pancreatic Carcinogenesis: A Review Yamakawa, Keiko Ye, Juanjuan Nakano-Narusawa, Yuko Matsuda, Yoko Cancers (Basel) Review SIMPLE SUMMARY: Pancreatic cancer has an extremely poor prognosis. Pathological characteristics of pancreatic carcinogenesis, including precancerous lesions and cancers, might provide valuable information for the development of early diagnosis and effective treatments. Autopsy studies have revealed pathological characteristics of precancerous lesions. Animal studies using hamsters and mice have revealed the mechanisms of carcinogenesis. We have summarized pathological changes in the pancreas of humans and experimental animals. ABSTRACT: Despite advances in diagnostics and therapeutics, the prognosis of pancreatic cancer remains dismal. Because of a lack of early diagnostic methods, aggressive local progression, and high incidence of distant metastasis, most pancreatic cancers are inoperable; therefore, the characteristics of early pancreatic cancer have not been well understood. Autopsy studies revealed the characteristics of prediagnostic pancreatic malignancies, including precancerous lesions, early stage pancreatic cancer, and pancreatic cancer without clinical symptoms (occult cancers). Animal models using hamsters and genetically engineered mice have focused on mechanisms of carcinogenesis, thereby providing insights into risk factors and prevention and serving as a preclinical test for the development of novel diagnostic and treatment modalities. In this review, we have summarized pathological changes in the pancreas of humans and experimental animals during carcinogenesis. MDPI 2021-02-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7914468/ /pubmed/33567676 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13040686 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7914468/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33567676
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cancers13040686
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