It has five main parts – the tail, body, neck, head and uncinate process. The pancreas is made up of glandular tissue and a system of ducts. The main duct is the pancreatic duct which runs the length ...

A British woman lost her life months after she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, which usually does not show any symptoms ...

Understanding the warning signs of pancreatic cancer can help individuals seek medical attention sooner, potentially ...

Researchers have developed a simple blood test to detect pancreatic cancer before it spreads to other sites in the body. The ...

Pancreas surgery might be a treatment option when the pancreas is inflamed, causing the ducts outside the pancreas to become blocked or parts of the pancreas to become damaged or infected.

He demonstrated at autopsy a common opening into the duodenum of the bile duct and the pancreatic duct in a patient who had died of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis, and the presence of a biliary ...

Numerous studies have proposed that new β cells are generated by the differentiation of adult stem cells or progenitor cells, thought to reside in pancreatic ducts, acini, islets of Langerhans ...

The lab of Dr. Mark Magnuson, Louise B. McGavock Professor and professor of molecular physiology and biophysics at Vanderbilt ...