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A recent study has recommended, somewhat provocatively, that investigation for pancreatic exocrine insufficiency should be added to the tests undertaken in patients with suspected diarrhea ...

The pancreas is both an endocrine gland (releasing juices directly into the bloodstream) and an exocrine gland (releasing juices into ducts). Pancreatic cancer remains one of the most challenging ...

bDepartment of Research and Development, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands cDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, Netherlands ...

2 Department of Gastroenterology, St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow, UK 3 Department of Gastroenterology, Llandough Hospital, Penarth, UK 4 Department of Gastroenterology, St James’s University Hospital, ...

As the role of PSC in chronic pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer is increasingly clarified, it is anticipated that effective approaches to target PSC specifically will be developed. Such therapeutic ...

At OUH, pancreatic tissue histology was assessed by intraoperative frozen section analysis ... Postoperative complications were relatively rare and included transient fasting hyperglycemia and ...

The duct cells line the pancreatic duct and are responsible for fluid secretion. They are also important in protecting the pancreas from recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis by quickly ...

Multiple diagnostic criteria have been proposed. For example, the Japanese Pancreas Society (2002 and 2006) and Histology, Imaging, Serology, Other Organ Involvement and Response to therapy (HISORt).

While pancreatic cancer remains one of the toughest cancers to treat and is predicted to become the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in the U.S. before 2030, research and treatment ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. Expression of the receptor RAGE in biliary ...