Pancreatic Disorders News

Results from a phase 2 pilot study showed DP-b99 was safe and well-tolerated in patients with acute high-risk pancreatitis and may lower inflammatory markers, the manufacturer announced.

Preoperative endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration was not associated with worse survival in patients with resected pancreatic cancer and instead pointed to “improved outcomes,” according to recent study data.

Clinical use of rectal NSAIDs were found to be appropriate for pharmacoprevention of pancreatitis following endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, according to results from a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Nut consumption was associated with lowered risk for developing colorectal, pancreatic and endometrial cancer, but similar associations were not observed for other cancers or type 2 diabetes, according to results from a new systematic review and meta-analysis.

WASHINGTON — If a branch duct-intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm grows at a rate of 2 mm or more annually or 10 mm or more overall, it should be considered a “worrisome feature” possibly predicting transformation into a malignancy, according to study findings.

WASHINGTON — Patients with mucinous pancreatic cystic lesions have no clinically significant difference in the increasing of cyst size, the rate of progression to meet criteria for resection or their malignancy even if they have been exposed to immunosuppressive medications, according to a retrospective study presented at Digestive Disease Week.

The FDA has granted fast track designation for the development of evofosfamide for the treatment of metastatic or locally advanced unresectable pancreatic cancer in patients who were previously untreated, the manufacturer announced today.

A team of international researchers developed a profile identifying risk factors for malignancy progression in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas.

The American Gastroenterological Association has released a new guideline on the diagnosis and management of asymptomatic neoplastic pancreatic cysts, which recommends some significant changes regarding surveillance periods and surgery.

Patterns and severity of pain associated with chronic pancreatitis were found to be independent of structural features observed with abdominal imaging in a recent study.