Chemotherapy and tumor microenvironment of pancreatic cancer

Abstract Pancreatic cancer is an extremely dismal malignance. Chemotherapy has been widely applied to treat this intractable tumor. It has exclusive tumor microenvironment (TME), characterized by dense desmoplasia and profound infiltrations of immunosuppressive cells. Interactions between stromal ce...

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Main Authors: Qiaofei Liu, Quan Liao, Yupei Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:Cancer Cell International
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12935-017-0437-3