Abstract
BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer is the 10th leading cause of all new cancer cases for men and the fourth leading cause of death across genders, having very poor prognosis and survival rates. The current standard of care Gemcitabine fails to add any survival benefit for this disease (www.cancer.gov). Though the incidence of pancreatic cancer is found to be higher in developed countries, the aggressive biology of the cancer, its high rate of recurrence and chemo-resistance make it a formidable disease in all parts of the globe. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or liver cancer, on the other hand affects almost 750,000 people world wide with 84% of the cases coming from underdeveloped or developing countries
RESULTS: Our studies show that Minnelide, a water soluble pro-drug of triptolide (active compound from a chinese herb) is very effective against a number of malignant diseases.
CONCLUSION: The current study discusses the efficacy of this compound in pancreatic and liver cancer.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | S39-S43 |
| Journal | Pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) ... [et al.] |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 IAP and EPC
Keywords
- Animal models
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Minnelide
- Pancreatic cancer
- Translational study
- Triptolide
