The pancreas is an oblong flattened gland, about six inches long, located deep in the abdomen, sandwiched between the stomach and the spine. It has five main parts – the tail, body, neck, head and ...

Non functioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are rare cancers. They start in the neuroendocrine cells of the pancreas. Non functioning NETs don’t over produce hormones or cause a set of ...

Researchers at Queen Mary have developed an easy-to-use urine test to detect pancreatic cancer. This, in combination with an algorithm-based risk score, may offer earlier detection of the cancer, and ...

226 ± 25 IU/L, p <0.05) and hematocrit (43.4 ± 0.4% vs. 41.7 ± 0.5%, p <0.05), Glasgow pancreatitis score (1.58 ± 0.11 vs. 1.97 ± 0.10, p <0.01) and APACHE II score (6.20 ± 0.38 vs.

Physical functioning, depression, and score on a QoL instrument all had ... vulnerable older patients with newly diagnosed ...