A pancreatic cancer diagnosis is almost always serious, but symptoms often aren’t noticeable until the disease is in the ...

The pancreas is an oblong flattened gland, about six inches long, located deep in the abdomen, sandwiched between the stomach and the spine. It has five main parts – the tail, body, neck, head and ...

A new study by researchers at the Karolinska Institute and the University of Hamburg suggests liquid biopsy may revolutionize ...

"If the cancer happens in the right side of the pancreas, or what we call the head, then sometimes patients will notice very ...

A pancreas ultrasound involves different technologies to help diagnose cysts, precancerous changes, and tumors. Learn about ...

From 1993 to 2008, 195 patients underwent pancreatic head resections (PD) due to ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreas at our institution. The patients were observed from 1993 to 2011. The patient ...

A distal pancreatectomy is the removal of the end of the pancreas while leaving the pancreatic head attached. It is performed to treat pancreatic cancer localized in the end of the pancreas, but may ...

The goal of this study was to investigate the clinical outcome and prognostic factors in patients after resection for ductal adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head. Methods The data from 195 ...