Pancreatic Cancer (PCa) is characterized by prominently local nerve alterations and perineural invasion (PNI), which frequently affects the extrapancreatic nerve plexus, causing severe pain and retropancreatic tum...Pancreatic Cancer (PCa) is characterized by prominently local nerve alterations and perineural invasion (PNI), which frequently affects the extrapancreatic nerve plexus, causing severe pain and retropancreatic tumor extension. It precludes curative resection, promotes local recurrence, and at the last negatively influences the prognosis of patients. Recent research on PNI in PCa has revealed the critical involvement of numerous nerve- or cancer cell-derived molecules in vitro and in vivo. However, the mechanisms contributing to alteration and invasion of intrapancreatic nerves and the spread of cancer cells along extrapancreatic nerves in pancreatic cancer patients are still poorly understood. This review focuses on perineural invasion in pancreatic cancer and provides an outline of the characteristics and molecular mechanisms of perineural invasion in pancreatic cancer.展开更多
Objective:To analyze the law governing the distribution of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) syndromes of pancreatic cancer.Methods:The authors used retrospective study to statistically analyze TCM syndromes of patien...Objective:To analyze the law governing the distribution of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) syndromes of pancreatic cancer.Methods:The authors used retrospective study to statistically analyze TCM syndromes of patients,separated complex syndromes and calculated the frequency of appearance of single syndromes.Results:The patients mainly suffered from 4 syndromes:blood stasis syndrome,qi stagnation syndrome,qi(yang) deficiency syndrome,and phlegm dampness syndrome.The distribution of syndromes is rarely related to sex,age and morbid site of patients.Conclusion:Owing to complicated distribution of its syndromes,pancreatic cancer should be diagnosed and treated according to its characteristics of deficiency in origin and excess in superficiality.展开更多
文摘Pancreatic Cancer (PCa) is characterized by prominently local nerve alterations and perineural invasion (PNI), which frequently affects the extrapancreatic nerve plexus, causing severe pain and retropancreatic tumor extension. It precludes curative resection, promotes local recurrence, and at the last negatively influences the prognosis of patients. Recent research on PNI in PCa has revealed the critical involvement of numerous nerve- or cancer cell-derived molecules in vitro and in vivo. However, the mechanisms contributing to alteration and invasion of intrapancreatic nerves and the spread of cancer cells along extrapancreatic nerves in pancreatic cancer patients are still poorly understood. This review focuses on perineural invasion in pancreatic cancer and provides an outline of the characteristics and molecular mechanisms of perineural invasion in pancreatic cancer.
基金supported by TCM Science and Research Foundation of Shanghai Health Bureau (No. 2005L026A)
文摘Objective:To analyze the law governing the distribution of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) syndromes of pancreatic cancer.Methods:The authors used retrospective study to statistically analyze TCM syndromes of patients,separated complex syndromes and calculated the frequency of appearance of single syndromes.Results:The patients mainly suffered from 4 syndromes:blood stasis syndrome,qi stagnation syndrome,qi(yang) deficiency syndrome,and phlegm dampness syndrome.The distribution of syndromes is rarely related to sex,age and morbid site of patients.Conclusion:Owing to complicated distribution of its syndromes,pancreatic cancer should be diagnosed and treated according to its characteristics of deficiency in origin and excess in superficiality.