The Potential for Circulating Tumor Cells in Pancreatic Cancer Management

Pancreatic cancer is one the most lethal malignancies. Only a small proportion of patients with this disease benefit from surgery. Chemotherapy provides only a transient benefit. Though much effort has gone into finding new ways for early diagnosis and treatment, average patient survival has only be...

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Main Authors: Michael Pimienta, Mouad Edderkaoui, Ruoxiang Wang, Stephen Pandol
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2017.00381/full