M. Mutignani, L. Dioscoridi, E. Forti, F. Pugliese, M. Cintolo, G. Bonato, A. Tringali, S. Dokas
{"title":"Pancreatic Leaks and Fistulae: Pathophysiological Principles","authors":"M. Mutignani, L. Dioscoridi, E. Forti, F. Pugliese, M. Cintolo, G. Bonato, A. Tringali, S. Dokas","doi":"10.17140/poj-2-e006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17140/poj-2-e006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":367097,"journal":{"name":"Pancreas - Open Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129779605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"β-cell Heterogeneity: The Key to β-cell Replacement Therapy","authors":"E. Dirice, Islet Cell","doi":"10.17140/POJ-2-E009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17140/POJ-2-E009","url":null,"abstract":"Editorial | Volume 2 | Number 1| e10 Copyright 2018 by Dirice E. This is an open-access article distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which allows to copy, redistribute, remix, transform, and reproduce in any medium or format, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited. cc “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change” (Charles Darwin – The Origin of Species, 1859)","PeriodicalId":367097,"journal":{"name":"Pancreas - Open Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132483525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PD-1/PD-L1 Blockade: A New Promising Therapy for the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer?","authors":"N. Gagliano, M. Sommariva","doi":"10.17140/poj-2-e007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17140/poj-2-e007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":367097,"journal":{"name":"Pancreas - Open Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131931527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genetic Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer: Is it the Future?","authors":"L. Dioscoridi","doi":"10.17140/POJ-2-E005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17140/POJ-2-E005","url":null,"abstract":"We firstly have to consider two important points. The first one is that surgery for pancreatic cancer is complex and risky: perioperative mortality is 4-18% and major complications occur in more than 40% of cases.1 Moreover, only 15-20% of patients have a resectable tumour at the first diagnosis.2 Furthermore, disease’s recurrence following operation is very high because of local invasion and micrometastases at the time of surgery.3 The second point is that the first chemotherapies for pancreatic cancer (5-fluoro-uracile, and the actually used, gemcitabine) are not specific for pancreatic tumours and have been provided only a little impact on overall survive.4","PeriodicalId":367097,"journal":{"name":"Pancreas - Open Journal","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131514231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Díez, M. Ramos, Vanesa Ojeda Marrero, Maria Guerra del Rio Lang-Lenton
{"title":"Recurrent Acute Pancreatitis: Dangerous Etiology?","authors":"J. Díez, M. Ramos, Vanesa Ojeda Marrero, Maria Guerra del Rio Lang-Lenton","doi":"10.17140/POJ-2-108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17140/POJ-2-108","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":367097,"journal":{"name":"Pancreas - Open Journal","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125603975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}