Pancreatic Disorders News

Fibrosis was associated with less severe acute attacks among patients with chronic pancreatitis in a recent study.

Patients with allergies, particularly hay fever or animal allergies, were less likely to develop pancreatic cancer than controls in a recent pooled analysis.

Patients who underwent endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography were less likely to develop post-procedure pancreatitis when treated with rectal nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs than pancreatic duct stents in a recent study.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Insulin-stimulating therapies such as incretin mimetics did not accelerate development of pancreatic adenocarcinomas among patients with diabetes in a study presented at Digestive Disease Week.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Acute pancreatitis was more common among smokers, particularly those who also consumed alcohol, according to data presented at Digestive Disease Week.

Patients with type 2 diabetes exposed to exenatide or sitagliptin were at greater risk for developing and being hospitalized for acute pancreatitis in a recent study.

Patients with pancreatic cancer and self-expandable metal stents placed for biliary drainage did not experience more complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy than those with plastic or no stents in a recent study.

Patients with pancreatic cancer and self-expandable metal stents placed for biliary drainage did not experience more complications after pancreaticoduodenectomy than those with plastic or no stents in a recent study.

The FDA has announced they will investigate findings that suggest an increased risk for pancreatitis and pancreatic duct metaplasia in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with incretin mimetics.

Patients with pancreatic cancer had diabetes, particularly new-onset diabetes, significantly more frequently than those with other cancers and cancer-free participants in a recent study.