Pancreatic Disorders & Therapy
Open Access
ISSN: 2165-7092
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2165-7092
+44 1478 350008
Parviz M Pour
University of Nebraska, Omaha
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Pancreat Disord Ther
Despite advances in genetic and clinical studies, the etiology, histogenesis, early diagnosis, prevention and therapy of the disease have remained a challenge. The recent shift from chemical carcinogenesis to molecular carcinogenesis and the introduction of the transgenic mouse model, which has dominated recent pancreatic cancer research, have buried the valuable information gained from the hamster pancreatic cancer model. It is time to reemphasize the important role of the hamster model for clinical studies by highlighting the comparative data on clinical symptoms, the morphology, biology, antigenicity, genetic, metabolic alterations and histogenesis of the tumors. In addition, references will be made to numerous studies related to early diagnosis, prevention, therapy and the nutritional role in pancreatic carcinogenesis.
Email: ppour@unmc.edu