Kyung W. Noh, MD, Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine ...

A new study reveals that endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) is associated with improved outcomes in patients with localized pancreatic cancer, according to a news release from the American Society for ...

Development of a National Cancer Registry in a Low Resourced Country: The Case of Kenya National Cancer Registry Programme Background: Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer ...

Certain types of endoscopies, like endoscopic ultrasounds, are commonly used to detect pancreatic cancer. But pancreatic cancer can be hard to spot in its early stages, even with imaging tests. In its ...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided fiducial placement has emerged as a critical technique in the optimisation of radiation therapy for pancreatic cancer. Through the use of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), ...

Nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine followed by radiotherapy with concurrent 5-FU in locally advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer: A Western Australian experience. Comparative effectiveness and ...

Maybe you’ve been experiencing unexplained abdominal pain or unintentional weight loss. Or maybe your doctor saw something suspicious on a CT scan or other imaging test. Whatever the reason, you’ve ...

Pancreatic cancer develops from uncontrolled cell growth in the pancreas. Doctors may use an ultrasound to help detect pancreatic cancer as part of their diagnosis. Symptoms of pancreatic cancer can ...

Clinical presentation, radiologic imaging, and pancreatic function testing (PFT) are pillars of investigation for the diagnosis of CP, which is a complex illness that often eludes diagnostic certainty ...

It has only been in the last couple of years that doctors have found the link between pancreatic cancer and those with certain breast cancer genes. "All of the breast cancer genes--you see the BRCA 1, ...

EUS was developed in the 1980s to improve the imaging of the pancreas. Traditional transabdominal ultrasound imaging of the pancreas is hampered by intervening bowel gas, bone, and fat. By placing a ...