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Robot Assisted Distal Pancreatectomy with Celiac Axis Resection (DP-CAR) for Pancreatic Cancer: Surgical Planning and Technique
Published on: August 14, 2021
CAR's made it to the pancreas
Markus Chmielewski1, Amit Maliar, Zelig Eshhar
1Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC); Department I of Internal Medicine; University Hospital Cologne; Cologne, Germany.
Abstract:
Despite intensive treatment, pancreatic adenocarcinoma still has the worst prognosis among all malignancies. Using clinically relevant models, we demonstrated the therapeutic efficacy of adoptively transferred T cells engineered with a carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA)- and ERBB2-specific chimeric antigen receptor against pancreatic carcinoma. Targeting CD24, a putative cancer stem cell antigen expressed by a minority of carcinoma cells, was likewise effective.
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