On either side of the middle of your back are your kidneys. Your kidneys help filter waste and toxins from your blood so they can be passed from your body as urine. Your pancreas sits behind your ...

When John Nowoj was diagnosed with locally advanced pancreatic cancer in August 2019, he was told the cancer was inoperable. Nowoj, 57, began pursuing his only treatment option: chemotherapy to be ...

TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Amid a rise in people developing a painful condition called pancreatitis, doctors are looking to a rare procedure to help patients with this chronic pain — creating a ...

Despite advances in cancer treatment, pancreatic cancer still has a poor prognosis and has one of the lowest survival rates of any cancer. The Whipple procedure, also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy, ...

Pancreatic cancer is a resilient killer whose survival rates have hardly improved in recent decades. It is expected to become the second biggest cause of cancer-related death globally by 2030. Without ...

(PHILADELPHIA) After surgery to remove the head of the pancreas, invagination of the pancreas into the small intestine resulted in a lower rate of pancreatic fistula, according to researchers at the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A clinical trial at Keck Medicine of USC will investigate a new surgical approach to treating patients with ...

Lucknow: A complex robotic Whipple surgery was successfully performed on a 67-year-old patient with periampullary carcinoma ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) procedures help diagnose and treat pancreatic or bile duct blockages. ERCP combines the benefits of gastrointestinal endoscopy and X-rays.

When your doctor talks to you about treatment for pancreatic cancer, they may tell you that your condition is "inoperable." That means surgery isn't an option for you, usually because the tumor is too ...