Rare Tumors, 2014 We describe a 40-year-old man who was found to have a cystic mass in the pancreatic tail during workup for weight loss and abdominal discomfort. Although computed tomography scan showed a single cyst associated with dilatation of the main pancreatic duct,
Wai Chin Foo +4 more
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Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with capecitabine and temozolomide for unresectable pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor. [PDF]
, 2012 Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNETs) are relatively rare tumors that arise in the endocrine cells of the pancreas. Historically, somatostatin analogues have been used in this disease primarily for symptom control and, to a limited extent, disease ...
Devata, Sumana, Kim, Edward J
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Nutraceuticals as Supportive Therapeutic Agents in Diabetes and Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Systematic Review [PDF]
, 2023 Iveta Mikolášková +3 more
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Influence of Indoleamine-2,3-Dioxygenase and Its Metabolite Kynurenine on γδ T Cell Cytotoxicity against Ductal Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Cells [PDF]
, 2020 Hannah Jonescheit +7 more
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The role of insulin receptor substrate 2 in hypothalamic and β cell function [PDF]
, 2005 Insulin receptor substrate 2 (Irs2) plays complex roles in energy homeostasis. We generated mice lacking Irs2 in β cells and a population of hypothalamic neurons (RIPCreIrs2KO), in all neurons (NesCreIrs2KO), and in proopiomelanocortin neurons ...
Al-Qassab, H. +39 more
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Clinical Case Reports, 2018 Key Clinical Message Autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) with multiple pancreatic cysts is rare. The severe narrowing of the branched pancreatic ducts found in active AIP with a chronic pancreatitis background may have caused pancreatic juice outflow ...
Junji Kohisa +3 more
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Ductal Mucus Obstruction and Reduced Fluid Secretion Are Early Defects in Chronic Pancreatitis
Frontiers in Physiology, 2018 Objective: Defective mucus production in the pancreas may be an important factor in the initiation and progression of chronic pancreatitis (CP), therefore we aimed to (i) investigate the qualitative and quantitative changes of mucus both in human CP and ...
Anita Balázs +20 more
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A case of distal extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma with two positive resection margins [PDF]
, 2016 Cholangiocarcinoma is an uncommon primary malignancy of the biliary tract that is challenging to diagnose and treat effectively due to its relatively silent and late clinical presentation.
Andersen +42 more
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Establishment and validation of a prognostic signature for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma based on lactate metabolism-related genes [PDF]
, 2023 Xin Huang +3 more
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Pancreatic tumors imaging: an update [PDF]
, 2016 Currently, ultrasound (US), computed tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI) represent the mainstay in the evaluation of pancreatic solid and cystic tumors affecting pancreas in 80-85% and 10-15% of the cases respectively. Integration of US,
Baccari, Paolo +8 more
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