From 1993 to 2008, 195 patients underwent pancreatic head resections (PD ... CEA >3 ng/ml (p = 0.002), CA 19–9 >75 U/ml (p = 0.026) levels, tumor grade 3 (p = 0.001) and hard texture of the ...

GPs and their teams will look for people over 60 who may have signs of the cancer, such as a recent diagnosis of diabetes and ...

A new blood test designed to detect early signs of pancreatic cancer is being trialled in the UK. The genomic test analyses ...

Jaundice is a less easy-to-ignore pancreatic cancer symptom, but it only tends to occur in people whose tumour is towards the head of the pancreas, explains Jones. “Not everyone with pancreatic cancer ...

CA, told Medical News Today in an email: “Pancreas cancer is one of the most chemotherapy-resistant tumors. One of the reasons is that it is typically surrounded by a thickened scar (fibrosis ...

Knowing the cell type and where in the pancreas the cancer started helps your doctor plan the best treatment for you. Cancer can start in the head, body or tail of the pancreas. The wide end of the ...

What Is a Whipple Procedure? A Whipple procedure is the main surgery used to treat tumors in the head of the pancreas. Also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy, it’s named after Allen Whipple ...