Current and Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer

Tanios Bekaii-Saab, MD, FACPMayo Clinic Cancer Center, Scottsdale, AZ, USA Bassel El-Rayes, MDDirector, GI Oncology Program, Associate Cancer Center Director for Clinical Research, Emory University, Winship Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA

Chapter 1 Pancreatic Cancer Epidemiology and Environmental Risk Factors Mahender Yellu, Chandana Kamireddy, Olugbenga O. Olowokure
Chapter 2 Anatomy of the Pancreas and Biliary Tree Constantinos P. Zambirinis, Peter J. Allen
Chapter 3 Pathology: Preneoplastic and Neoplastic Disease and Molecular Genetics Wei Chen, Ming Jin, Wendy L. Frankel
Chapter 4 Screening for Pancreatic Cancer: Who to Screen and How to Follow-up? Phil A. Hart, Peter P. Stanich, Heather Hampel
Chapter 5 Staging and Prognostic Implications Amit Mahipal, Richard Kim
Chapter 6 Current and Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer Maria Diab, Philip A. Philip
Chapter 7 Imaging of Pancreatic Malignancies Ferenc Czeyda-Pommersheim, Bobby Kalb, Diego Martin
Chapter 8 Advan ced Endoscopic Procedures James J. Farrell
Chapter 9 How to Treat Resectable Disease Mary Dillhoff, Mark Bloomston
Chapter 10 The Management of Locally Advanced Non-Metastatic Pancreas Cancer Brent T. Xia, Young Kim, Syed A. Ahmad
Chapter 11 Cytotoxic Therapy in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed Namrata Vijayvergia, Steven J. Cohen
Chapter 12 Molecularly Targeted Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer Walid Shaib, Bassel El-Rayes
Chapter 13 Targeting the Tumor Microenvironment Julia Carnevale, Andrew H. Ko
Chapter 14 Synthetic Lethality: Achilles Heel in Select Patient Subpopulations Min Yuen Teo, Eileen M. O'Reilly
Chapter 15 Immune Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer Mohamad Bassam Sonbol, Mitesh J. Borad
Chapter 16 Vaccine Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer Benjamin A. Weinberg, Michael J. Pishvaian
Chapter 17 Virotherapies in Pancreatic Cancer Daniel H. Ahn, Ramesh Ramanathan
Chapter 18 Novel Radiotherapy Modalities Lauren M. Rosati, Shalini Moning, Lauren Colbert, Sweet Ping Ng, Joseph M. Herman
Chapter 19 The Role for Palliative Surgical Interventions in Pancreatic Cancer Alexandra G. Lopez-Aguiar, Shishir K. Maithel
Chapter 20 Current and Emerging Therapies in Pancreatic Cancer: Do They Provide Value? Astrid Belalcazar, Olatunji B. Alese

"This comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of therapies for pancreatic cancer covers basic, translational, and population science, as well as clinical research in this area. ... this book will be a valuable resource for clinicians and healthcare providers from radiology, gastroenterology, pathology, and medical, surgical, and radiation oncology. In addition, interns, trainees, and basic and translational research scientists interested in the field also may find this a useful resource." (Ravi Salgia, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2018)

“This comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of therapies for pancreatic cancer covers basic, translational, and population science, as well as clinical research in this area. … this book will be a valuable resource for clinicians and healthcare providers from radiology, gastroenterology, pathology, and medical, surgical, and radiation oncology. In addition, interns, trainees, and basic and translational research scientists interested in the field also may find this a useful resource.” (Ravi Salgia, Doody's Book Reviews, July, 2018)