Non-coding RNAs in pancreatic cancer: challenges and opportunities for clinical application

Cellular Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 295-318

  Taucher, V ^a   Mangge, H ^a   Haybaeck, J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Digestive tract cancer; Gene therapy; Long non coding RNA; microRNA; Non coding RNA; Pancreatic cancer; Targeted therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ENST00000480739 LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC 5 LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; HIGHLY UPREGULATED IN LIVER CANCER LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; HOX TRANSCRIPT ANTISENSE RNA; HOXA TRANSCRIPT AT THE DISTAL TIP LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; LOC389641 LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; METASTASIS ASSOCIATED LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA TRANSCRIPT 1 LONG UNTRANSLATED RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 141; MICRORNA 155; MICRORNA 200; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 221; MICRORNA 34; MICRORNA 375; MRX34; MUCIN 4; RNA H19; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

CANCER GENE THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG IMPLANT; ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NONVIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; ONCOGENE K RAS; PANCREAS CANCER; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENETICS; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREAS TUMOR;

CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; HUMANS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84971613878     PISSN: 22113428     EISSN: 22113436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13402-016-0275-7     Document Type: Review

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