Pancreatic Cancer (Recent Results in Cancer Research)

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Pancreatic Cancer: Step by Step Forward....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
CT and MR Imaging of Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 5-14
Nuclear Medical Methods for the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer: Positron Emission Tomography....Pages 15-26
Front Matter....Pages 27-27
Surgical Techniques for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 29-38
Postoperative Staging of Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 39-48
Adjuvant Therapy in Patients with Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 49-56
First-Line Chemotherapy in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 57-60
Second-Line Chemotherapy in Advanced Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 61-64
Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Strategies for Chemoradiation....Pages 65-77
Primary Advanced Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 79-93
Brachytherapy of Liver Metastases....Pages 95-104
Detection of Disease Recurrence and Monitoring of Therapy....Pages 105-110
Surgical Palliation of Advanced Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 111-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Antiangiogenic Strategies in Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 123-129
Targeted Therapy of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in the Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 131-136
Antisense Therapeutics for Tumor Treatment: The TGF-beta2 Inhibitor AP 12009 in Clinical Development Against Malignant Tumors....Pages 137-150
NF-κ B as a Molecular Target in the Therapy of Pancreatic Carcinoma....Pages 151-164
Immunotherapeutic Approaches in Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 165-177
Src Kinase and Pancreatic Cancer....Pages 179-185