Targeting Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells
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چکیده
Carcinomas of an epithelial-origin account for the majority of all malignant cancers worldwide. As the most common pancreatic cancer, Pancreatic Ductal Adeno Carcinoma (PDAC) is a carcinoma with an extremely high lethality [1-3]. Compared to other cancers originating in the digestive system, the therapeutic outcome of PDAC treatment is the least promising, largely resulting from a lack of symptoms at the early stages of PDAC and a lack of sensitive diagnostic biomarkers and effective treatments [1-3].
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