(WYTV)- Cysts that develop in the pancreas are very common, affecting up to 20% of those over the age of 60. But about one-fourth of them will develop into a deadly form of cancer. Doctors can now use ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The diagnosis of patients with pancreatic cysts nearly doubled in the last 8 years, according to research ...

Doctors at UVA Health are using a new method to treat pancreatic cysts, which are collections of fluid that form in the pancreas. Some cysts can eventually become cancerous, and typically need surgery ...

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 ...

By adding ANPEP and PIGR to existing markers, researchers created a blood test that accurately identified early pancreatic cancer and differentiated it from noncancer conditions, supporting future ...

A new blood test detected early-stage pancreatic cancer with 87.5% accuracy in a study of 672 people. A new blood test that ...

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 ...