Recent Advances in Pancreatic Cancer

Dear Colleagues,

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most aggressive malignancies in industrialized countries, characterized by early metastasis and aggressive behavior. To date, it is the fourth leading cause of cancer death in men and women, with projections foreseeing it becoming the second leading cause of cancer death in the next decade in Western countries.

Since the overall survival is unacceptably low, novel therapeutic approaches to overcoming the resistance of PC to conventional anticancer therapies are urgently needed. In recent years, the crucial genetic changes leading to pancreatic cancer have been identified, and different complementary strategies have been studied in in vitro and in vivo models of pancreatic cancer.

This Topical Collection will focus on the latest research and new strategies for improving the prevention, diagnosis and therapy of pancreatic cancer, encompassing the genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, metabolomics, dietary, nutraceutical and microbiota points of view.

Dr. Valerio Pazienza
Collection Editor

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