# Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer is one of the more compelling Boswellia settings from a preclinical standpoint because orthotopic model data exists.

### Overview

The strongest pancreatic data centres on growth suppression, metastasis reduction, and COX-2, NF-κB, MMP-9, and VEGF modulation in vivo.

### Key preclinical data

* Orthotopic nude-mouse work showed suppression of pancreatic tumour growth and metastasis
* AKBA downregulated COX-2, VEGF, MMP-9, and NF-κB-related signalling in tumour tissue
* These findings give Boswellia more credibility here than a purely cell-line-only evidence base would

### Clinical positioning

This remains a preclinical area, but an unusually meaningful one because pancreatic cancer is so hard to treat and orthotopic evidence is more translationally useful than simple cell-line work alone.

### References

Boswellic acid suppresses growth and metastasis of human pancreatic tumours in an orthotopic nude mouse model\
<https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0026943>

### Jump to another Boswellia page

**Core pages**

* [Boswellia in Oncology Overview](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/boswellia-in-oncology-overview.md)
* [Evidence Summary](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/evidence-summary.md)
* [Anticancer Mechanisms](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/anticancer-mechanisms.md)
* [Boswellia Evidence by Cancer Type](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/boswellia-evidence-by-cancer-type.md)

**Mechanism deep dives**

* [Redox Dual Action](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/redox-dual-action.md)
* [NRF2 Impact](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/nrf2-impact.md)
* [Ferroptosis Findings](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/ferroptosis-findings.md)
* [Immune Effects](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/immune-effects.md)

**Practical pages**

* [Pharmacokinetics & Metabolism](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/pharmacokinetics-and-metabolism.md)
* [Safety & Interactions](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/safety-and-interactions.md)
* [Synergistic Combinations](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/synergistic-combinations.md)
* [Hydroxychloroquine + Boswellia](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/hydroxychloroquine-+-boswellia.md)
* [Dosing & Timing](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/dosing-and-timing.md)
* [Sourcing Quality Boswellia](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/sourcing-quality-boswellia.md)

**Cancer-type pages**

* [Glioblastoma & Brain Tumours](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/boswellia-evidence-by-cancer-type/glioblastoma-and-brain-tumours.md)
* [Breast Cancer](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/boswellia-evidence-by-cancer-type/breast-cancer.md)
* [Colorectal Cancer](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/boswellia-evidence-by-cancer-type/colorectal-cancer.md)
* [Pancreatic Cancer](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/boswellia-evidence-by-cancer-type/pancreatic-cancer.md)
* [Prostate Cancer](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/boswellia-evidence-by-cancer-type/prostate-cancer.md)
* [Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/boswellia-evidence-by-cancer-type/non-small-cell-lung-cancer.md)
* [Ovarian Cancer](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/boswellia-evidence-by-cancer-type/ovarian-cancer.md)
* [Other Cancer Types](/myhealingcommunity-docs/natural-medicines/boswellia-in-oncology/boswellia-evidence-by-cancer-type/other-cancer-types.md)

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