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 ...

Branch-duct type IPMNs are often found in the uncinate process, are sometimes asymptomatic, and are less frequently associated with malignant transformation. The surgical management of IPMNs is ...

Patients with pancreatic cancer often undergo a classic Whipple procedure, whereby the head and uncinate process of the pancreas, along with other adjacent organ areas, are removed.

A small portion of the pancreatic head and uncinate process enhanced normally (Figure 1b). ... Dilated pancreatic duct in the head of the gland with normal duct in body and tail of the pancreas.

Eligible patients with pancreatic head/uncinate process adenocarcinoma and radiographically defined potentially resectable disease received chemoradiation with 7 weekly intravenous (IV) infusions of ...