The treatment, called endoscopic ultrasound-guided pancreatic cyst chemoablation, uses a small camera inside the stomach to look at the cyst. This gives doctors a better look at the cyst to detect ...

Doctors have not been able to biopsy pancreatic tissue from healthy, living patients, either, because it is too risky, Frankel said. "There's really no reason to ever biopsy a normal pancreas," he ...

According to Mayo Clinic, there are a variety of tests that might be used to diagnose pancreatic cancer. These might include: Imaging tests: This method will provide pictures of the inside of the body ...

A pancreatic ultrasound (or sonogram) uses sound waves to produce images of the pancreas. You might need this test if you have symptoms or risk factors for pancreatic disease. There are a few ...

Pancreatic elastase is the digestive enzyme the pancreas produces to help digest food. Doctors can measure elastase levels by testing a stool sample. Low levels could indicate exocrine pancreatic ...

Pancreas divisum is a common normal variant of ductal anatomy defined as non-fusion of the dorsal ... and a steroid into the celiac ganglia and can be done under endoscopic ultrasound guidance, ...

Neutralization of p40 2 and p40 increases levels of IFN-γ in pancreatic cancer cells. Immunohistochemical analysis at 60× magnification of PANC-1 (A) and BxPC-3 cells (B) treated with p40 ...

Pancreatic fat is commonly present in humans, with an average weight of 9.7 ± 6.5 g, constituting about 3% of the pancreas' weight in thin individuals. Normal pancreatic fat ... lesion characteristics ...

Here, Kanyi Pu and a team of researchers from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and Donghua University in China have used ultrasound for the first time for an effective sonodynamic ...

difficult-to-treat cancers such as pancreatic cancer. In contrast, ultrasound waves can penetrate into deeply located tissues with fewer side effects. Here, Kanyi Pu and a team of researchers from ...