EXCLUSIVE: Skin cancers can be among the most aggressive forms of the disease so using drugs to shrink them must be used with precision.

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 ...

Routine perioperative cholangiography did not visualize the pancreatic duct. During the hospitalization, an abdominal ultrasonography showed dilated bile ducts and stones in the choledochal duct. A ...

His research interests focus on pathophysiology of abdominal pain in pancreatitis, pancreatic calculi management, exocrine and endocrine pancreatic dysfunction, organ failure in severe acute ...

This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting effect of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for pancreatic duct stones.The data of 160 patients who underwent ESWL for pancreatic duct ...

“One of the major problems in diagnosing pancreatic cancer is that it is not diagnosed at an early stage,” said Dr. Shyam Varadarajulu. “Artificial intelligence could help doctors find ...

A vaccine for pancreatic cancer is showing promise. Here's how it works. When a routine scan led to Barbara Brigham's pancreatic cancer diagnosis in 2020, all she could think about was how she ...

The precise mechanism of the formation of these calculi is unknown. Patients with congenital types of pancreatitis frequently have progressive deposits of stones within the pancreatic ducts.

Most pancreatic cancer isn’t caught until it’s late stage — a new blood test could change that By Tracy Swartz Published Feb. 14, 2025 ...

Pancreatic outflow obstruction as proposed by Opie is the critical event for the disease onset. 1 Already the presence of gallbladder stones on imaging (most frequently on ultrasound) in the presence ...

This may result in kidney stones, tumors of the pituitary gland, and severe stomach ulcers. People with some other inherited syndromes, such as von Hippel Lindau (VHL) syndrome and neurofibromatosis ...