The pancreas is a large gland in the abdomen. It secretes pancreatic juices into the small intestine to digest food, and secretes insulin into the bloodstream to regulate glucose levels.

"That's like the endoscopy we do for heartburn or stomach pain, but the endoscope has an ultrasound device on the end of it." Because the pancreas sits just behind the stomach, an endoscopic ...

Located in the upper abdomen, the pancreas produces important digestive enzymes and secretes hormones that are vital for metabolizing sugar. No wonder so much can go wrong when your pancreas isn ...

Cancer of the exocrine component of the pancreas (adenocarcinomas) represents the majority of pancreatic malignancies. Pancreatic cancer is generally characterized by a poor prognosis. Patients ...

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The presence of ascites was determined by physical assessment or imaging scans (eg, X-ray, CT or ultrasound) performed in a previous ... primary cancer site (gastric, colorectum, pancreas, ovary, ...

Figure 1. Diagram illustrating the advantages of bacteria in anti-tumor therapy. In this article, we summarize the advantages of bacterial treatment of tumors and show the classification of bacterial ...

When a person has blood in the urine (hematuria) or sudden abdominal or side pain, tests like an ultrasound or a CT scan may diagnose a stone. These imaging tests tell the health care provider how big ...

More than 66,000 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year. Learn more about the disease and how PanCAN can help.