Effects of Different Methods of PDAC Specimen Acquisition on Primary Cell Culture and Application

Overview

The purpose of this study is to investigate the difference in the success rate of culturing primary cells derived from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma specimens of patients which obtained by endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy wet suction technique and surgery, analyze whether the sensitive chemotherapeutic agents screened by the primary cells cultured from the specimens obtained by the above two methods are consistent, and whether they are consistent with the clinical treatment effect of patients, verify the accuracy of laboratory drug sensitivity results, so as to provide the basis for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma patients to choose the source of individual treatment samples.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the malignant tumors with the highest mortality rate in the world, with a 5-year survival rate of only 7.2%-9%. Because some patients are resistant to multiple chemotherapy drugs, and there are differences in drug sensitivity between individuals, the current pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) chemotherapy effect is not satisfactory. In order to improve the efficacy of chemotherapy and achieve precise treatment, it is important to establish an accurate and individualized PDAC research model. At present, several studies have reported that surgical specimens of pancreatic cancer are successfully used to cultivate preclinical research models. However, most patients with PDAC have developed to advanced stage at the time of diagnosis and are not suitable for surgery, which limits our ability to obtain tumor cells. Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) can procure specimens when patients have not receive any treatment, and can also evaluate the therapeutic effect and tumor progression in the process of treatment. Until now, there is no study to compare the efficiency of the two methods in constructing preclinical research model of pancreatic cancer. Therefore, the investigators intend to investigate the difference in the success rate of culturing primary cells derived from PDAC specimens of patients which obtained by EUS-FNB wet suction technique and surgery, analyze whether the sensitive chemotherapeutic agents screened by the primary cells cultured from the specimens obtained by the above two methods are consistent, and whether they are consistent with the clinical treatment effect of patients, verify the accuracy of laboratory drug sensitivity results, so as to provide the basis for PDAC patients to choose the source of individual treatment samples.