The following recommendations are introduced by brief statements which summarise the evidence and discussion presented in the relevant section of the full text of the guidelines. ### 1.1 Incidence, ...

To diagnose pancreatic cancer your doctor will take a medical history, do a physical exam, and order tests such as a CT scan, MRI, ultrasound, and an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ...

Background and aim The International Cancer of the Pancreas Screening Consortium met in 2018 to update its consensus recommendations for the management of individuals with increased risk of pancreatic ...

The gesture is to honor 3-time champion Jay Sigel, who passed away after a bout with pancreatic cancer. Jay won his first amateur tournament in 1976, won again in 1977 and his third and final ...

The engineer behind much of the Mac's early graphical user interfaces, QuickDraw, MacPaint, Hypercard and much more, William D. "Bill" Atkinson, died on June 5 of complications from pancreatic cancer.

The earlier pancreatic cancer is diagnosed and treated, the better the prognosis. Unfortunately, pancreatic cancer usually shows little or no symptoms until it has advanced and spread. Therefore, most ...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat — and the deadliest. Fewer than 10% of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer live beyond five years. A few factors account for this.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer, killing 87% of patients within five years. Previous studies have shown that obesity can increase pancreatic cancer risk by around 50%. In ...

Vincent Picozzi, MD, medical oncologist and director of the Pancreaticobiliary Program, Virginia Mason, discusses findings from the randomized phase 3 trial PANOVA-3 (NCT03377491) of tumor treating ...

MACON, Ga. (WGXA) — Atrium Health Navicent celebrated National Cancer Survivors Month on Tuesday. IN YOUR COMMUNITY | Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful receives $7,500 in grants for East Macon improvement ...

Scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered how pancreatic cancer cells thrive in the lungs or liver, environments that are as distinct to cells as the ocean and desert are to animals. The ...