Diseases of the pancreas can be very serious if left untreated, and thus a proper diagnosis is essential. In this article, we will highlight common pancreatic diseases, including pancreatic cancer ...

Close-up On Pancreatic Disease: How Do We Improve The Odds? Date: May 25, 2007 Source: American Gastroenterological Association Summary: Pancreatic cancer is among the deadliest of today's cancers ...

Fatty changes in the pancreas affect both its endocrine and exocrine systems. FPD is associated with type 2 diabetes, the most common disease of the endocrine pancreas, as well as pancreatitis and ...

"While it was commonly believed that the pancreas was somehow a sterile organ, there is now evidence for migration into the pancreas of specific bacteria associated with pancreatic diseases, and ...

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, seen here on Capitol Hill in 2019, died from pancreatic cancer. (Patrick Semansky/AP) Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee has died, just over a month after she revealed she was ...

Therefore, the role of a histopathological examination of the pancreas in patients with suspected autoimmune pancreatitis may be to exclude other diseases such as cancer rather than to provide ...

Physicians are now ‘listening’ for ‘The Silent Disease’ Though not the most common form of cancer, pancreatic cancer is diagnosed in more than 50,000 people each year in the U.S.

The Pancreatic Disease Center’s database indicated survival continued to steadily decrease over time, Wilson said — that’s at one of the nation’s leading centers for total pancreatectomy ...

Total absence (Fig. 6), generalized patchy decrease in pancreatic radioactivity and a more focal decrease (Fig. 7) in radioactivity were the findings considered indicative of pancreatic disease.

Research presented today at Digestive Disease Week® 2007 (DDW®) takes a closer look at pancreatic cancer and the conditions that may lead to it, such as chronic pancreatitis, to evaluate the ...