{"title":"Emerging Therapeutic Approaches to Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Advances and Future Directions.","authors":"Chengwei Peng, Paul E Oberstein","doi":"10.1007/s11864-025-01352-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Opinion statement: </strong>Pancreatic adenocarcinoma remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Although surgery can be curable for a subset of patients, the five-year overall survival remains less than 15%. Despite extensive molecular characterization of pancreatic cancer, cytotoxic chemotherapy has served as the major component in therapeutic management. A major driver of pancreatic adenocarcinoma is mutations in KRAS, present in over 90% of cases. However, attempts to inhibit KRAS through upstream and downstream targets through the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway have not been successful in the past. Despite this, multiple KRAS inhibitors have recently entered clinical trials and have shown promising results. These inhibitors have the potential to dramatically alter the landscape of treatment. In parallel, immunological approaches utilizing vaccines and bispecific antibodies are also in clinical development. Given these rapid new developments, the future of pancreatic cancer treatment will likely be determined by discovering the appropriate combinations of targeted and immune-based treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":50600,"journal":{"name":"Current Treatment Options in Oncology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Treatment Options in Oncology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s11864-025-01352-2","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ONCOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Opinion statement: Pancreatic adenocarcinoma remains a leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide. Although surgery can be curable for a subset of patients, the five-year overall survival remains less than 15%. Despite extensive molecular characterization of pancreatic cancer, cytotoxic chemotherapy has served as the major component in therapeutic management. A major driver of pancreatic adenocarcinoma is mutations in KRAS, present in over 90% of cases. However, attempts to inhibit KRAS through upstream and downstream targets through the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway have not been successful in the past. Despite this, multiple KRAS inhibitors have recently entered clinical trials and have shown promising results. These inhibitors have the potential to dramatically alter the landscape of treatment. In parallel, immunological approaches utilizing vaccines and bispecific antibodies are also in clinical development. Given these rapid new developments, the future of pancreatic cancer treatment will likely be determined by discovering the appropriate combinations of targeted and immune-based treatments.
期刊介绍:
This journal aims to review the most important, recently published treatment option advances in the field of oncology. By providing clear, insightful, balanced contributions by international experts, the journal intends to facilitate worldwide approaches to cancer treatment.
We accomplish this aim by appointing international authorities to serve as Section Editors in key subject areas, such as endocrine tumors, lymphomas, neuro-oncology, and cancers of the breast, head and neck, lung, skin, gastrointestinal tract, and genitourinary region. Section Editors, in turn, select topics for which leading experts contribute comprehensive review articles that emphasize new developments and recently published papers of major importance, highlighted by annotated reference lists. We also provide commentaries from well-known oncologists, and an international Editorial Board reviews the annual table of contents, suggests articles of special interest to their country/region, and ensures that topics are current and include emerging research.