**Meet the editor**

Dr. Kelly D. McCall is an Associate Professor of Endocrinology at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine specializing in Toll-Like Receptor involvement in the pathogenesis of cancer and autoimmune/inflammatory diseases. Dr. McCall received a BS in Biological Sciences and a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Ohio University and did her postdoc-

toral work with world-renowned physician-scientists Drs. Leonard Kohn, MD and Frank Schwartz, MD, FACE. Dr. McCall has published more than 37 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, chapters, and abstracts, is an active member of multiple eminent Associations and Societies, and serves as a reviewer for various distinguished scientific journals. Dr. McCall was recently honored by TechGrowth Ohio as the 2013 recipient of the Outstanding Woman in Innovation Award.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Albulescu

**Section 1 Molecular Mechanisms 1**

Chapter 2 **Stem Cells in Pancreatic Cancer 29**

Chapter 3 **miRNAs in Pancreatic Cancer 61**

**Perspective 107** Andrada Seicean

Shiro Urayama

Chapter 1 **The Molecular Frame of Pancreatic Carcinogenesis 3**

Popescu, Simona Mihai and Cristiana Tanase

Chapter 5 **Endoscopic Ultrasound in Pancreatic Cancer: The New**

Chapter 6 **Select Population-Based and Translational Research for Improving Pancreatic Cancer Early Detection 139**

Kelly McCall, Anthony L Schwartz and Frank L Schwartz

Chapter 4 **Linking Obesity and Pancreatic Cancer 83**

**Section 2 Novel Approaches to Earlier Detection 105**

Elisabeth Heßmann, Sandra Baumgart, Nai ming Chen, Shiv Singh, Garima Singh, Alex König, Albrecht Neeße and Volker Ellenrieder

Cristiana Pistol Tanase, Ana-Maria Enciu, Maria Linda Cruceru, Laura Georgiana Necula, Ana Iulia Neagu, Bogdan Calenic and Radu

Radu Albulescu, Adrian Claudiu Popa, Elena Codrici, Daniela Ionela
