Integrative management of pancreatic cancer (PDAC): emerging complementary agents and modalities
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Author(s)
Djamgoz, Mustafa BA
Jentzsch, Valerie
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a devastating disease. The standard first-line treatment for PDAC is gemcitabine chemotherapy which, unfortunately, offers only limited chance of a lasting cure. This review further evaluates the hypothesis that the effectiveness of gemcitabine can be improved by combining it with evidence-based complementary measures. Previously, supported by clinical trial data, we suggested that a number of dietary factors and nutraceuticals can be integrated with gemcitabine therapy. Here, we evaluate a further 10 agents for which no clinical trials have (yet) been carried out but there are promising data from in vivo and/or in vitro studies including experiments involving combined treatments with gemcitabine. Two groups of complementary agents are considered: Dietary factors (resveratrol, epigallocatechin gallate, vitamin B9, capsaicin, quercetin and sulforaphane) and nutraceutical agents (artemisinin, garcinol, thymoquinone and emodin). In addition, we identified seven promising agents for which there is currently only basic (mostly in vitro) data. Finally, as a special case of combination therapy, we highlighted synergistic drug combinations involving gemcitabine with “repurposed” aspirin or metformin. We conclude overall that integrated management of PDAC currently is likely to produce the best outcome for patients and for this a wide range of complementary measures is available.
Date Issued
2022-04-01
Date Acceptance
2021-05-10
Citation
Nutrition and Cancer: an international journal, 2022, 74 (4), pp.1139-1162
ISSN
0163-5581
Publisher
Routledge
Start Page
1139
End Page
1162
Journal / Book Title
Nutrition and Cancer: an international journal
Volume
74
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2021 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Oncology
Nutrition & Dietetics
TUMOR-SUPPRESSOR GENES
CELL-CYCLE ARREST
NF-KAPPA-B
IN-VITRO
MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION
ADENOCARCINOMA CELLS
ANTITUMOR-ACTIVITY
EMODIN SENSITIZES
ANTICANCER AGENTS
PANAX-NOTOGINSENG
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2021-06-04