Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy had longer operating times, but patients lost less blood vs. open surgery.

Staging a laparoscopy can help patients with pancreatic cancer identify the stage of cancer, where it spread and what the best treatment may be, a recent study shows. Laparoscopy (a minor surgical ...

A study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons reveals that performing a minor surgical procedure on patients newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer helps to identify cancer ...

Pancreatic cancer begins in the pancreas, which is located behind the stomach. It is often difficult to detect early because symptoms typically appear only after the cancer has spread. As a result, it ...

Researchers found that, prior to resection, performing a minimally invasive staging procedure on newly diagnosed patients with pancreatic cancer helped identify metastatic disease and cancer stage, ...

Using targeted radiation during surgery — referred to as intraoperative radiation — to eliminate pancreatic cancer cells that have spread to areas around the pancreas, investigators at Johns Hopkins ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A noninferiority trial showed similar rates of radical resection with both approaches. OS and DFS curves of the ...

Researchers describe a new technique for the minimally invasive removal of benign tumors located in the challenging posterior head of the pancreas (right side of abdomen, nestled in the curve of the ...

In a randomized trial of patients with left-sided resectable pancreatic cancer, minimally invasive pancreatectomy showed comparable overall survival and disease-free survival to open surgery, ...

The pancreas is an organ behind the stomach and near the spleen. It performs both exocrine and endocrine functions. The exocrine cells release digestive enzymes to assist with breaking down food. The ...

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. In severe cases, the pancreas may become permanently damaged. Surgery can help slow or prevent additional damage, as well as provide pain relief.