Pancreatic Cancer

Table of Contents: “…Epidemiology: world overview, risk factors, prospects for prevention -- Development and structure of pancreas -- Pathologic classification and biological behaviour of pancreatic neoplasia -- Developmental molecular biology of the pancreas -- Molecular pathology of precursor lesions of pancreatic cancer, pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN), intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN), and mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) -- Epigenetics: its fundamentals and applications to a revised comprehensive progression model for pancreatic cancer -- Molecular pathology of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours MEN-1: gastrinomas, insulinoma, Non-Functioning Tumours, VIPoma, glucagonoma, Von Hippel-Lindau, Neurofibromatosis -- Sporadic neuroendocrine pancreatic tumours -- Molecular pathology of non-pancreatic cancer lesions: Ampullary cancer, intra-pancreatic bile duct cancer, and duodenal cancer -- Miscellaneous non-pancreatic non-endocrine tumours -- Novel molecular relationships between chronic pancreatitis and cancer -- Pancreatic cancer stem cells -- Cell cycle control: signalling pathways in pancreatic pathogenesis -- Apoptosis: signalling pathways in pancreatic pathogenesis -- EGFR: signalling pathways in pancreatic pathogenesis Pl3, Akt, lKK, Ras, Raf, MAPKK, ERK -- Hedgehog: signalling pathways in pancreatic pathogenesis -- Smad4/TGF-ß pathway: signalling pathways in pancreatic pathogenesis -- Notch signalling in pancreatic morphogenesis and pancreatic cancer -- Molecular characterization of pancreatic cell lines -- Mouse models of exocrine pancreatic cancer -- Principles and applications of microarray gene expression in pancreatic cancer -- Principles and applications of proteomics in pancreatic cancer -- Tumour-stromal interaction: invasion and metastases -- Genetic susceptibility, high risk groups, chronic and hereditary pancreatitis, familial pancreatic cancer syndromes -- Inherited endocrine pancreatic tumors associated with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Von-Hippel-Lindau Syndrome, and Neurofibromatosis Type 1 -- Clinical decision making in pancreatic cancer -- Paraneoplastic syndromes -- Diagnostic and therapeutic response markers -- CT and fusion PET-CT Diagnosis, staging, and follow-up -- MRI and MRCP: diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer -- EUS Diagnosis and staging -- Laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasound: diagnosis and staging -- Overview of palliative management for pancreatic cancer -- Endoscopy -- Interventional radiology -- Role of palliative surgery in advanced pancreatic cancer -- Chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer -- Developments in chemoradiation in advanced pancreatic cancer -- Surgical resection for pancreatic cancer -- Role of venous resection in pancreatic cancer surgery -- Pathological reporting and staging following resection -- Japanese Pancreas Society staging for pancreatic cancer -- Adjuvant chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer -- Case for adjuvant chemoradiation therapy for pancreatic cancer -- Case for neoadjuvant treatment in pancreatic cancer -- Borderline resectable disease -- Management of cystic neoplasms serous cystic neoplasms mucinous, cystic neoplasms, intraductal paillary mucinous neoplasms -- Laparoscopic surgery for pancreatic neoplasm -- Modern Japanese approach to pancreas cancer -- Development of novel biomarkers -- Inherited genetics of pancreatic cancer and secondary screening -- Gene therapy for pancreatic cancer -- Vaccine therapy and immunotherapy -- Emerging targets in pancreatic cancer.-.…”
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Pancreatic Cancer by Lowy, Andrew M.

Table of Contents: “…Series Preface -- Preface -- Section I: Molecular Pathology and Epidemiology -- Spectrum of human pancreatic neoplasia -- Molecular genetics of human pancreatic cancer -- Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia -- Familial Pancreatic Familial Chronic Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer Risk -- Section II: Pancreatic Cancer Biology -- Pancreatic stem cells: injury and regeneration -- Pancreatic developmental biology -- Experimental systems for pancreatic cancer research -- Kras-based mouse models -- Cell signaling pathways in pancreatic cancer -- Pancreatic cancer genomics and proteomics -- Section III: Pancreatic Cancer Staging -- Radiologic Staging -- The Role of PET scanning in Pancreatic Cancer -- Endoscopic Ultrasound Staging -- Laparoscopic Staging -- Section IV: Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer -- Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Past to Present -- Total Pancreatectomy -- Distal Pancreatectomy -- Vascular Resection for Pancreatic Cancer -- Management of Postoperative Complications following pancreaticoduodenectomy -- Controversies in surgical management of pancreatic cancer -- Regionalization -- Laparoscopic Resection -- Surgical management of IPMN -- Section V: Palliation of Pancreatic Cancer -- Cancer Pain and symptom management- drug therapy -- Supportive Care: cachexia, anorexia syndrome -- Endoscopic Palliation -- Section VI: Multimodality Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer -- State of the art in radiation therapy for pancreas cancer -- Role of radiosensitizers in the therapy of pancreas cancer -- Optimum cytotoxic therapy for advanced pancreas cancer -- Recent advances in adjuvant therapy for pancreas cancer -- Neoadjuvant therapy for resectable pancreas cancer -- Role of the pathologist in optimizing therapy for pancreas cancer -- Section VI. …”
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Pancreatic Cancer With Special Focus on Topical Issues and Surgical Techniques /

Table of Contents: “…Nonoperative therapy for pancreatic cancer -- Adjuvant therapy -- Palliative chemotherapy. - Radiation therapy.…”
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Pancreatic cancer search for the cure /

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Pancreatic Cancer by Neoptolemos, John

Table of Contents: “…Epidemiology: world overview, risk factors, prospects for prevention -- Development and structure of pancreas -- Pathologic classification and biological behaviour of pancreatic neoplasia -- Developmental molecular biology of the pancreas -- Molecular pathology of precursor lesions of pancreatic cancer, pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PanIN), intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN), and mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) -- Epigenetics: its fundamentals and applications to a revised comprehensive progression model for pancreatic cancer -- Molecular pathology of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours MEN-1: gastrinomas, insulinoma, Non-Functioning Tumours, VIPoma, glucagonoma, Von Hippel-Lindau, Neurofibromatosis -- Sporadic neuroendocrine pancreatic tumours -- Molecular pathology of non-pancreatic cancer lesions: Ampullary cancer, intra-pancreatic bile duct cancer, and duodenal cancer -- Miscellaneous non-pancreatic non-endocrine tumours -- Novel molecular relationships between chronic pancreatitis and cancer -- Pancreatic cancer stem cells -- Cell cycle control: signalling pathways in pancreatic pathogenesis -- Apoptosis: signalling pathways in pancreatic pathogenesis -- EGFR: signalling pathways in pancreatic pathogenesis Pl3, Akt, lKK, Ras, Raf, MAPKK, ERK -- Hedgehog: signalling pathways in pancreatic pathogenesis -- Smad4/TGF-ß pathway: signalling pathways in pancreatic pathogenesis -- Notch signalling in pancreatic morphogenesis and pancreatic cancer -- Molecular characterization of pancreatic cell lines -- Mouse models of exocrine pancreatic cancer -- Principles and applications of microarray gene expression in pancreatic cancer -- Principles and applications of proteomics in pancreatic cancer -- Tumour-stromal interaction: invasion and metastases -- Genetic susceptibility, high risk groups, chronic and hereditary pancreatitis, familial pancreatic cancer syndromes -- Inherited endocrine pancreatic tumors associated with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Von-Hippel-Lindau Syndrome, and Neurofibromatosis Type 1 -- Clinical decision making in pancreatic cancer -- Paraneoplastic syndromes -- Diagnostic and therapeutic response markers -- CT and fusion PET-CT Diagnosis, staging, and follow-up -- MRI and MRCP: diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer -- EUS Diagnosis and staging -- Laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasound: diagnosis and staging -- Overview of palliative management for pancreatic cancer -- Endoscopy -- Interventional radiology -- Role of palliative surgery in advanced pancreatic cancer -- Chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer -- Developments in chemoradiation in advanced pancreatic cancer -- Surgical resection for pancreatic cancer -- Role of venous resection in pancreatic cancer surgery -- Pathological reporting and staging following resection -- Japanese Pancreas Society staging for pancreatic cancer -- Adjuvant chemotherapy in pancreatic cancer -- Case for adjuvant chemoradiation therapy for pancreatic cancer -- Case for neoadjuvant treatment in pancreatic cancer -- Borderline resectable disease -- Management of cystic neoplasms serous cystic neoplasms mucinous, cystic neoplasms, intraductal paillary mucinous neoplasms -- Laparoscopic surgery for pancreatic neoplasm -- Modern Japanese approach to pancreas cancer -- Development of novel biomarkers -- Inherited genetics of pancreatic cancer and secondary screening -- Gene therapy for pancreatic cancer -- Vaccine therapy and immunotherapy -- Emerging targets in pancreatic cancer.-.…”
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Pancreatic Cancer by Riess, Hanno B., 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Immunotherapeutic approaches in pancreatic cancer. Src kinase and pancreatic cancer.…”
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Pancreatic Cancer

Table of Contents: “…Section: The Nature of Pancreatic Cancer -- Cell Cycle Machinery and Its Alterations in Pancreatic Cancer -- Animal modelling of Pancreatitis-to-Cancer Progression -- Stromal Inflammation in Pancreatic Cancer: Mechanisms and Translational Applications -- Familial Pancreatic Cancer -- Section: Clinical Management of Pancreatic Cancer -- Therapeutic Endoscopy in the Management of Pancreatic Cancer -- Controversies in Pathology Reporting and Staging -- Staging and Postoperative Outcomes Using the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) Classifications -- Borderline Respectable Pancreatic Cancer -- New Japanese Classification of Pancreatic Cancer -- Arterial Resection in Pancreatic Cancer -- Treatment of Recurrent Pancreatic Cancer After Surgery -- Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Pancreatic Cancer -- Differential Therapy Based on Tumor Heterogeneity in Pancreatic Cancer -- Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation for Operable Pancreatic Cancer: the Importance of Local Disease Control -- Section: New Directions -- Development of Novel Therapeutic Response Biomarkers -- Clinical Applications of Genomics and Proteomics in Pancreatic Cancer -- Approaching Pancreatic Cancer Phenotypes via Metabolomics -- Circulating Tumour Cells -- Cancer Exosomes for Early Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis and Role Metastasis -- Metabolism in Pancreatic Cancer -- Secondary Screening for Inherited Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma -- Role of Radiotherapy in Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer -- Evolution of Pancreatic Cancer Surgery -- Multiparameter Modalities for the Study of Patients in the Setting of Individualized Medicine -- Epigenetic Pharmacology -- Precision Medicine Based on Next Generation Sequencing and Master Controllers.…”
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Pancreatic Cancer Current Therapeutics and Future Directions /

Table of Contents: “…Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Therapy -- Borderline Resectable and Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer -- Radiation Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: Current and Evolving Paradigms -- Therapies for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer -- Targeted Therapies for Pancreatic Cancer -- Immunotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer -- Liquid Biopsies for pancreatic cancer: Is it ready for prime time? …”
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Textbook of Pancreatic Cancer Principles and Practice of Surgical Oncology /

Table of Contents: “…Section 1 defining the disease burden -- Pancreatic cancer in the population -- Pancreatic cancer biology -- Pancreatic cancer precursors (pancreas cysts) -- Genetic syndromes and screening -- PDAC pathways -- Centralization of surgery and volume-outcome issues -- Education & training in pancreatic surgery -- research and progress in pancreatic surgery -- Section 2 Anatomy and physiology -- Anatomy and embryology -- Anatomical variants -- Vascular supply - Important arterial and venous variants -- Lymphatic drainage and variants -- Section 3 Symptoms and presentation (with pathophysiology) -- Intro: PDAC as a difficult disease to diagnose -- Jaundice -- cachexia and sarcopenia -- pain -- diabetes (new onset diabetes) Section 4 Imaging and preoperative staging -- Intro: goals of imaging /staging -- CT – protocol, pearls and pitfalls; resectable/borderline; locally advanced -- imaging after neoadjuvant therapy -- MRI – protocol, added value, cancer, cysts, accuracy etc -- Standard for reporting imaging results -- EUS – cancer, cysts, FNAC, biopsy, sens/spec, accuracy, markers -- ERCP - indications, stenting -- MDT - multidisciplinary team meeting; tumor board -- when a diagnosis can not be confirmed -- Section 5 Pathology and laboratory - reporting and research -- Intro: personalized medicine and precision medicine -- gross pathology - important aspects and standards -- histopathology - important aspects and standard template -- tissue sampling for research - fresh frozen -- sampling from formalin fixed tissue- aspects -- tumor markers (and biomarker research) -- blood samples for research - liquid biopsy, proteomics etc -- Genomics, NGS, molecular classification -- Section 6 Chemotherapy and radiation therapy -- history of chemoradiotherapy in PDAC -- Available drugs - mechanisms, effect and side-effects -- role and mechanisms of radiotherapy -- Adjuvant chemotherapy – best evidence -- Neoadjuvant treatment in upfront resectable – principles and ongoing trials -- NAT in borderline or locally advanced - indiuction chemo -- Use of organoid modles to monitor/choose chemotherapy -- something here on novel therapies: immunotherapy etc? …”
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Screening for pancreatic cancer : a systematic evidence review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force by Henrikson, Nora Beidler

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Pancreatic cancer in adults : diagnosis and management /

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SBRT for Pancreatic Cancer /

Table of Contents: “…SBRT for Pancreatic Cancer (1:27);…”
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Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancer

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Management of Pancreatic Cancer and Cholangiocarcinoma

Table of Contents: “…Part I Current topics in epidemiology and examinations of Pancreas Cancer and Cholangiocarcinoma -- 1.Risk Factors for Pancreatic Cancer and Cholangiocarcinoma.-2. Detection strategies and examination of early pancreatic cancer.-.3. …”
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Drug Discovery in Pancreatic Cancer Models and Techniques / by Han, Haiyong

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Pancreatic Cancer -- Second Opinion /

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Imaging Diagnostics in Pancreatic Cancer A Clinical Guide /

Table of Contents: “…Multi-detector CT Scan -- MRI and MRCP -- Endoscopic Ultrasound -- The Role of ERCP in Pancreatic Cancer -- PET/CT in Pancreatic Neoplasms -- Imaging Diagnostics from the Perspective of the Oncologist -- Radiation Therapy in the Management of Pancreatic Cancer -- Pancreatic Cancer Screening.…”
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Management of Localized Pancreatic Cancer Current Treatment and Challenges /

Table of Contents: “…The Future of Multidisciplinary Care in Pancreatic Cancer -- Clinical Staging of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma with MDCT and MRI -- Coordination of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided FNA and Biliary Drainage in Pancreatic Cancer -- Importance of Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9 Monitoring in the Management of Pancreatic Cancer -- Treatment Sequencing for Resectable Disease -- Treatment Sequencing for Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer -- Delivery of Neoadjuvant versus Adjuvant Therapy in Localized Pancreatic Cancer -- Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma -- New Classification of Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer -- Treatment Sequencing for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer -- Role of Radiation for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer -- Molecular Profiling in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma -- Genetic Counseling for Pancreatic Cancer -- Medical Nutrition Therapy throughout the Continuum of Care for Localized Pancreatic Cancer -- Role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography (FDG-PET) in the Management of Pancreatic Cancer -- The New Bench for the Academic Surgeon: Precision Medicine.…”
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Robotic Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer /

Table of Contents: “…Robotic Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer (1:18);…”
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Surgical Atlas of Pancreatic Cancer

Table of Contents: “…Role of Staging Laparoscopy for Pancreatic Cancers -- Part 5 Adenocarcinoma of the Pancreas: Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery -- 16. …”
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