According to the American Cancer Society, 43,140 new cases and 36,800 deaths from
pancreatic cancer were expected in 2010. 1 The incidence of pancreatic adenocarcinoma in …

Simple Summary Pancreatic cancer ranks as the seventh leading cause of cancer-related
death worldwide. The overall prognosis of pancreatic cancer is poor even in patients with …

Pancreatic cancer remains a challenging disease, being the fourth leading cause of death in
both men and women in the United States. Over 37,000 new cases were diagnosed and …

OBJECTIVE: Although endoscopic ultrasound and endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine
needle aspiration have been shown to aid in the diagnosis and staging of pancreatic …

Background. Pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading cause of death among Americans.
Twenty-eight thousand cases of pancreatic cancer are diagnosed annually and about the …

Background Surgical resection for pancreatic cancer carries a 5% 5-year survival rate. Most
conventional methods of imaging do not detect small pancreatic tumors and do not …

A suspected pancreatic lesion can be a difficult challenge for the clinician. In the last years
we have witnessed tumultuous technological improvements of the radiological and nuclear …

Pancreatic cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related mortality in western
countries. Early diagnosis of pancreatic cancers plays a key role in the management by …

Pancreatic cancer is the 5 th leading cause of cancer-related death in Western countries.
The 5-year survival rate is approximately 4%, without significant changes over the last 50 …

Pancreatic cancer (PC) is the fourth most common cause of cancer deaths in Western
societies. It is an aggressive tumor with an overall 5-year survival rate of less than 5 …