Refining the treatment of pancreatic cancer from big data to improved individual survival

Bailey, P. , Zhou, X., An, J., Peccerella, T., Hu, K., Springfeld, C., Büchler, M. and Neoptolemos, J. P. (2023) Refining the treatment of pancreatic cancer from big data to improved individual survival. Function, 4(3), zqad011. (doi: 10.1093/function/zqad011) (PMID:37168490) (PMCID:PMC10165547)

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Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most lethal cancers worldwide, most notably in Europe and North America. Great strides have been made in combining the most effective conventional therapies to improve survival at least in the short and medium term. The start of treatment can only be made once a diagnosis is made, which at this point, the tumor volume is already very high in the primary cancer and systemically. If caught at the earliest opportunity (in circa 20% patients) surgical resection of the primary followed by combination chemotherapy can achieve 5-year overall survival rates of 30%–50%. A delay in detection of even a few months after symptom onset will result in the tumor having only borderline resectabilty (in 20%–30% of patients), in which case the best survival is achieved by using short-course chemotherapy before tumor resection as well as adjuvant chemotherapy. Once metastases become visible (in 40%–60% of patients), cure is not possible, palliative cytotoxics only being able to prolong life by few months. Even in apparently successful therapy in resected and borderline resectable patients, the recurrence rate is very high. Considerable efforts to understand the nature of pancreatic cancer through large-scale genomics, transcriptomics, and digital profiling, combined with functional preclinical models, using genetically engineered mouse models and patient derived organoids, have identified the critical role of the tumor microenvironment in determining the nature of chemo- and immuno-resistance. This functional understanding has powered fresh and exciting approaches for the treatment of this cancer.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Bailey, Dr Peter
Authors: Bailey, P., Zhou, X., An, J., Peccerella, T., Hu, K., Springfeld, C., Büchler, M., and Neoptolemos, J. P.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cancer Sciences
Journal Name:Function
Publisher:Oxford University Press
ISSN:2633-8823
ISSN (Online):2633-8823
Published Online:21 March 2023
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2023 The Authors
First Published:First published in Function 4(3): zqad011
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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Project CodeAward NoProject NamePrincipal InvestigatorFunder's NameFunder RefLead Dept
306698PancREatic Cancer OrganoiDs rEsearch NetworkPeter BaileyEuropean Commission (EC)861196CS -Translational Research Centre