Recent Advances in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to invite you to submit either original research or review articles for this Collection on “Recent Advances in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC)”.

This Collection will focus on the recent advances in PDAC research. The topics will include but are not limited to advances in (1) pancreatic cancer surgery, especially around the equipoise of laparoscopic/robotic vs. open resections, arterial resections, and surgical management of stage 4 PDAC; (2) diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in blood, urine, and/or tissues; (3) the pancreatic tumour microenvironment; (4) chemotherapy in neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and palliative settings; (5) radiotherapy or radio/chemotherapy; (6) postsurgical complications; (7) novel targeted therapies; (8) immunotherapy; and (9) pancreatic tumour microbiome.

Thank you for your consideration.

Kind regards,

Dr. Sumit Sahni
Dr. Anubhav Mittal
Prof. Dr. Jaswinder Samra
Collection Editors

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