TY - CHAP AU - Vikas Bhardwaj AU - Satya Murthy Tadinada AU - James C.K. Lai AU - Alok Bhushan ED - Sanjay K. Srivastava Y1 - 2012-03-23 PY - 2012 T1 - Failure of Pancreatic Cancer Chemotherapy: Consequences of Drug Resistance Mechanisms N2 - This book provides the reader with an overall understanding of the biology of pancreatic cancer, hereditary, complex signaling pathways and alternative therapies. The book explains nutrigenomics and epigenetics mechanisms such as DNA methylation, which may explain the etiology or progression of pancreatic cancer. Book also summarizes the molecular control of oncogenic pathways such as K-Ras and KLF4. Since pancreatic cancer metastasizes to vital organs resulting in poor prognosis, special emphasis is given to the mechanism of tumor cell invasion and metastasis. Role of nitric oxide and Syk kinase in tumor metastasis is discussed in detail. Prevention strategies for pancreatic cancer are also described. The molecular mechanisms of the anti-cancer effects of curcumin, benzyl isothiocyante and vitamin D are discussed in detail. Furthermore, this book covers the basic mechanisms of resistance of pancreatic cancer to chemotherapy drugs such as gemcitabine and 5-flourouracil. BT - Pancreatic Cancer SP - Ch. 8 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/27122 DO - 10.5772/27122 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -