which can affect life expectancy. Studies show having complications of EPI, such as chronic pancreatitis, means living about 8 years less than the general population. Exocrine pancreatic ...

A recent study from Italy has assessed the health-related quality of life of patients with chronic pancreatitis, showing that pain is the major factor affecting the well-being of these patients.

Julie V. Tsirambidis, CNP, MSN, is a Board-Certified Nurse Practitioner specializing in Pancreatology; Darwin L. Conwell, MD, is Director of The Pancreas Clinic;Gregory Zuccaro, MD, is Head of ...

Because your pancreas is deep in your belly, you may not have symptoms of pancreatic cancer until after it has grown large or spread to other organs. (Photo Credit: Science Photo Library/Getty ...

Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have mapped pancreatic cancer tumor ...

Without chronic diseases. A number of diseases leading to death or seriously affecting the quality of life were selected to determine life expectancy without chronic diseases. People reporting not to ...

An experimental blood test detects early-stage pancreatic cancer more effectively than other available tests, reports a new ...

Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is a condition in which the pancreas does not make enough enzymes to properly break down food. Causes of this condition can include: chronic pancreatitis ...

Statistics Netherlands will publish two articles about male and female life expectancy on 6 September 2012. One article deals with life expectancy at birth, the other article with life expectancy at ...

Pseudocysts emerge after acute or chronic pancreatitis and typically appear ... affect women in the fourth to sixth decades of life. MCNs are single, thick-walled, mostly unilocular cysts that ...

The death of legendary ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas from pancreatic ... quality of life. Immunotherapy and Targeted Therapy: ...

As one of the world’s leading experts in pancreatic cancer ... cancer has already spread to other parts of the body and life ...