ALLMedicine™ Chronic Pancreatitis Center

Sep 21st, 2021 - Loss of function variants of the transient receptor potential cation channel, subfamily V, member 6 (TRPV6) have been recently associated with chronic pancreatitis (CP) in Japanese, German and French patients. Here, we investigated the association...

Sep 19th, 2021 - Systemic lupus erythematous that causes various organ damage is rarely associated with pancreatic lesion. To the best of our knowledge, no cases presenting with hemorrhage shock caused by gastric penetration of pancreatic pseudocyst due to lupus p...

Sep 16th, 2021 - Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a complex inflammatory disorder with numerous associated genetic and environmental risk factors. The most distressing characteristic of CP is recalcitrant pain, often requiring surgical resection including total pancre...

Sep 12th, 2021 - The carboxyl-ester lipase (CEL) gene contains a variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) region. It remains unclear whether the number of repeats in the CEL VNTR is related to the risk of pancreatic diseases. The aim of this study was to investiga...

Sep 6th, 2021 - The calcium-sensing receptor (CASR) is expressed in the pancreas where it might regulate calcium concentrations in pancreatic secretions. Two independent studies reported conflicting results claiming that commonly occurring missense variants of th...

Nov 2nd, 2020 - EUS remains a primary diagnostic tool for the evaluation of pancreaticobiliary disease. Although EUS combined with FNA or biopsy sampling is highly sensitive for the diagnosis of neoplasia within the pancreaticobiliary tract, limitations exist in ...

Aug 15th, 2020 - This paper is part of the international consensus guidelines on chronic pancreatitis, presenting for interventional endoscopy. An international working group with experts on interventional endoscopy evaluated 26 statements generated from evidence ...

Jul 8th, 2020 - Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a complex inflammatory disease with variable presentations and outcomes. This statement is part of the international consensus guidelines on CP, specifically on the diagnostic role of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). An in...

Jul 7th, 2020 - Patients with chronic pancreatitis (CP) have an increased risk of pancreatic cancer. We present the international consensus guidelines for surveillance of pancreatic cancer in CP. The international group evaluated 10 statements generated from evid...

May 18th, 2020 - Chronic pancreatitis is a complex multifactorial fibro-inflammatory disease. Consensus guidelines are needed for the histopathological evaluation of non-autoimmune chronic pancreatitis (CP). An international working group with experts on the histo...

Jan 26th, 2021 - Pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT) is often an essential component of the treatment regimen for patients with pancreatic cancer, but it can be very pricey. "Out-of-pocket costs for a 30-day supply of enzymes for Medicare beneficiaries ca...

Oct 15th, 2020 - Calculating the ratio between serum triglyceride and apolipoprotein B levels may help rule out patients with hypertriglyceridemia who are at low risk of developing hypertriglyceridemic pancreatitis (HTGP), and so better guide management, suggests ...

Sep 3rd, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with chronic pancreatitis frequently go without recommended bone-health surveillance, new findings suggest. "Chronic pancreatitis is associated with an increased risk of metabolic bone disease. Therefore, screeni...

Sep 3rd, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People with chronic pancreatitis frequently go without recommended bone-health surveillance, new findings suggest. "Chronic pancreatitis is associated with an increased risk of metabolic bone disease. Therefore, screeni...

May 29th, 2020 - FILE PHOTO: A guard walks inside the office of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd in Mumbai, India, November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas BENGALURU (Reuters) - Drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Friday it has received Indi...