More than 67,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year. Learn more about the disease and how PanCAN can help.

The risk of acute pancreatitis after EUS-FNA of pancreatic masses has been estimated ... using color Doppler ultrasound. Puncture the pseudocyst under EUS-guidance using a 19-gauge fine needle ...

Currently, at least 3 major modes of therapy are available in this setting: percutaneous drainage, surgical intervention, and endoscopic drainage. Controversy exists concerning which of these ...

Pancreatic pseudocysts (PPCs) are a well-recognized complication of acute and CP ... endoscopic interventions such as sphincterotomy, pancreatic duct stenting, and stone removal have significantly ...

Pancreatic cancer starts in your pancreas, an organ that makes digestive juices and hormones, including insulin. There are two main types of pancreatic cancers—those that start in the exocrine gland ...

Brigham has not had any recurrences since she took part in the trial. The removal of part of her pancreas did make her diabetic, because the organ produces insulin, but she says it's manageable.

Pancreatic cancer is a disease in which malignant cells originate in the pancreatic tissue. Cancer of the exocrine component of the pancreas (adenocarcinomas) represents the majority of pancreatic ...

Dr. Flavio Rocha is part of a team of OHSU surgeons who are making surgery an option for more pancreatic cancer patients than ever. Pancreatic cancer starts when cells grow out of control in the ...

Poor appetite is a common nutritional challenge for patients with pancreatic cancer. Sometimes surgery, prescription drugs or the cancer itself can change the way food tastes or cause the patient’s ...

Pancreatic cancer has a low survival rate and is usually found too late — this new test may help change that Getty Researchers have developed an inexpensive blood test that they say can detect p ...

What is more, even after surgical removal of the primary tumor, the tumor nervous system retained its cancer-promoting properties: when the scientists reimplanted pancreatic cancer cells into the ...

Pancreatic cancer often grows and spreads silently before it's discovered. For this reason, most cases of pancreatic cancer are difficult to treat. The uncomfortable fact is that anyone can get ...