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 ...

Researchers report that endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) are 99.1 percent accurate in diagnosing pancreatic neoplasms (abnormal growths or ...

Ultrasound-guided percutaneous biopsies are a safe and effective alternative to endoscopic biopsies for obtaining samples in the pancreas, a new study shows. Ultrasound-guided percutaneous biopsies ...

Transabdominal ultrasound (TAUS) demonstrated an 85.7% detection rate for cystic pancreatic lesions, which was also noted with endoscopic US (EUS), with BMI and lesion size significantly affecting the ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new study shows that contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) techniques offer an encouraging option for noninvasively detecting pancreatic cancer in its early stages, when ...

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, ...

What are pancreatic cystic neoplasms (PCNs) and how are they usually discovered? Pancreatic cystic neoplasms, or PCNs, are a subset of all pancreatic cysts that are found on the pancreas. PCNs are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pancreatic cancer screenings in high-risk individuals identified high-risk lesions in nearly 1 ...

Across the past few years I had become increasingly certain that I would die of pancreas cancer. Until today, that is. This ...