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  1. Balaraman AK, Moglad E, Afzal M, Babu MA, Goyal K, Roopashree R, et al.
    Clin Chim Acta, 2025 Feb 01;567:120105.
    PMID: 39706249 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2024.120105
    Pancreatic cancer is a highly fatal malignancy due to poor early detection rate and resistance to conventional therapies. This review examines the potential for liquid biopsy as a transformative technology to identify diagnostic and therapeutic targets in pancreatic cancer. Specifically, we explore emerging biomarkers such as exosomal non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA), and circulating tumor cells (CTCs). Tumor-derived exosomes contain nucleic acid and protein that reflect the unique molecular landscape of the malignancy and can serve as an alternative diagnostic approach vs traditional biomarkers like CA19-9. Herein we highlight exosomal miRNAs, lncRNAs, and other ncRNAs alongside ctDNA and CTC-based strategies, evaluating their combined ability to improve early detection, disease monitoring and treatment response. Furthermore, the therapeutic implications of ncRNAs such as lncRNA UCA1 and miR-3960 in chemoresistance and progression are also discussed via suppression of EZH2 and PTEN/AKT pathways. Emerging therapeutic strategies that target the immune response, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and drug resistance are explored. This review demonstrates a paradigm shift in pancreatic cancer management toward personalized, less invasive and more effective approaches.
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