The most common pathology affecting the pancreas is excess intra-pancreatic fat deposition (IPFD), often called fatty pancreas disease (FPD) — a disorder experienced by roughly one fifth of the ...

“The problem with pancreatic cancer is that we often catch it too late,” said Jared Fischer, a scientist with OHSU Knight Cancer Institute’s Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research Center ...

Pancreatic cancer accounts for about 3% of all cancers in the United States and about 7% of all cancer deaths, the American Society of Cancer reports. Here's what to know about the disease.

Precursor lesions of pancreatic cancer are very difficult ... Histology consists in the visualization, under the microscope, of thin slices of prepared tissue (for instance, from a biopsy ...

A tumor marker for pancreatic cancer helps healthcare professionals detect, diagnose, or treat it. However, a person can have high tumor marker levels without having cancer. Tumor markers are ...

The overall risk of malignancy in pancreatic cysts may be as low as 0.5 to 1.5%, and the annual risk of progression is 0.5%. 7,15 Conversely, studies estimate that 15% of all pancreatic ...

Existing 2D histological staining methods, during which tissue is thinly sliced, stained and examined under a microscope ... normal pancreatic samples onto hundreds of sequential 2D slides ...

Existing 2D histological staining methods, during which tissue is thinly sliced, stained and examined under a microscope ... and staining tissue from 38 normal pancreatic samples onto hundreds of ...

FOR A SMALL, blow-dryer shaped organ deep in the abdomen, the pancreas has a lot of power. It's a key player in diabetes, which affects more than 38 million people in the U.S. And that's not the ...

A biopsy involves removing a small tissue sample from the pancreatic tail and examining it under a microscope. Doctors may complete biopsies using an endoscopic ultrasound. It allows them to look ...

But the pancreas is another organ that, over time, can be caught up in IBD’s sprawling web of harm. Some researchers have estimated that up to 18% of people with IBD may have some sort of ...