The PD-1 is encoded by the PDCD1 gene. It is primarily expressed by activated T-cells as negative costimulatory receptor; binding of PD-1 to its ligands, PD-L1 and PD-L2, downregulates T-cells and the immune system[55,56]. Many tumor cells express PD-L1 and PD-L2 which is a mechanism which allows escape from immune destruction of the tumor cells. Pembrolizumab is an antiPD-1 antibody that is approved for use in metastatic melanoma and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and is currently under study for other malignancies, and PD-L1 expression may be a potential marker for efficacy of anti-PD-1 studies for pancreatic cancer. Elevated CRP levels in the plasma, a well-established marker of inflammation, at diagnosis correlate with higher tumor stage and grading and poorer clinical outcome in pancreatic cancer[57]. Patients with CRP greater than 13 mg/L had improved survival with ruxolitinib and capecitabine compared to capecitabine and placebo in a randomized phase Ⅱ study also known as the RECAP study enrolling 127 patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer (median overall survival of 83 d vs 55 d, P = 0.01)[58]. The CRP level could be a useful marker for patient stratification in the management of pancreatic cancer, and the JAK inhibitor ruxolitinib may improve clinical outcome in patients with elevated CRP. An ongoing phase Ⅲ study, known as JANUS 2, is examining these promising leads as a second-line setting in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer[59]. There is high prevalence of BRCA1/2 mutations in Ashkenazi Jewish with pancreatic cancer[60]. The BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene encodes large proteins that coordinate the homologous recombination repair double strand breaks (DSBs) pathway. Poly ADP-ribose polymerases (PARP) are a family of nuclear enzymes that regulates the repair of DNA single-strand breaks through the baseexcision repair (BER) pathway. Since BRCA1/2-mutated tumors cannot utilize homologous recombination to repair DSBs, exposing these cells to PARP inhibitor, which shuts down BER rescue pathway, will lead to accumulation of DNA damage, genomic instability and cell death, also known as synthetic lethality[61]. Investigators from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have reported high response rate with combination of gemcitabine, cisplatin and veliparib, a PARP inhibitor, as firstline treatment in patients with andvanced pancreatic cancer and mutant BRCA[62]. Ongoing phase Ⅱ randomized study comparing gemcitabine and cisplatin with and without veliparib is currently underway (NCT01585805). This study will most likely provide us the information on using BRAC mutation as a biomarker for personalized treatment.