The advancement of tumor microenvironment in pancreatic carcinoma

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is the known kind of tumor biologically featured as high malignancy, lack of effective methods for diagnosis and treatment. Tumor microenvironment is generally considered as an important promotor in tumor invasion and metastasis. This review aims to deeply understand the mechanism of the tumor progression and validly provide the evidence for diagnosis and treatment by means focusing on the advances in the research of pancreatic cancer in the fields of stromal cells, inflammation and hypoxia in the tumor microenvironment of pancreatic carcinoma.