CT scan of a pancreas that shows enlarged pancreatic duct. Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine The findings, they say, are not yet proof of the concept, but do strongly suggest that removing so-called ...

A research team at Duke Health has identified a set of biomarkers that could help to distinguish whether cysts on the pancreas are likely to develop into cancer or remain benign. The team carried out ...

To have surgery or not to have surgery? That is the big question for hundreds of thousands of Americans diagnosed each year with a pancreatic cyst. The dilemma? While cysts are very common, most will ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (KDKA) - Mike Richter has had three bouts with cancer: lymphoma, prostate and the most recent one -- pancreatic. The doctors found it on CT scans while following his other cancers. "I ...

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 ...

NEW JERSEY - Some critical health research is going on in our area, and John Elliott is participating in a study. He's participating in a pancreatic cyst surveillance research initiative at Cooperman ...

Asuragen reports data from a study of microRNA biomarkers in pancreatic cyst fluid at the American Pancreatic Association Annual Meeting Austin, Texas - November 3, 2011. Asuragen, Inc. announced ...

The ever-increasing use of radiographic imaging of the abdomen, in particular by CT and MRI, has led to a significant rise in the discovery of patients with pancreatic cysts. Often these are ...

Your pancreas is an organ that sits behind your stomach and helps with digestion by producing enzymes and hormones, including insulin. Sometimes your pancreas can develop cysts. There are many types ...

The study also included measurement of four protein markers present in the cyst fluid. All four proteins were overexpressed in the high-risk versus the low-risk group (P < .001). Adding the findings ...

CompCyst, a new test, distinguishes pancreatic cysts that are destined to become cancer and need to be surgically removed from cysts that can be left alone without causing harm. The researchers ...