Pancreatic Disorders News

LAS VEGAS — Clinicians ordered imaging tests that were considered unnecessary according to American College of Gastroenterology guidelines in more than 50% of evaluated cases in a study presented at the 2012 American College of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting.

Results from a recent study indicated associations between CXCR4 positivity and reduced survival time and early liver recurrence in patients who underwent resection for pancreatic adenocarcinoma.

Patients with autoimmune pancreatitis treated with steroids or immunomodulators were similarly prone to relapse, but rituximab effectively treated those intolerant or resistant to either therapy in a recent study.

Treatment with antioxidants did not reduce pain or improve quality of life in patients with chronic pancreatitis in a recent study.

Patients with normal or slightly elevated triglycerides who receive statin therapy may be at reduced risk for developing pancreatitis, according to a recent meta-analysis.

Patients with normal or slightly elevated triglycerides who receive statin therapy may be at reduced risk for developing pancreatitis, according to a recent meta-analysis.

Local inflammation increased the risk for extrahepatic portal venous system thrombosis in patients with alcoholic pancreatitis, while thrombophilia did not, in a recent study.

Individuals who consumed more servings of vegetables per day were less prone to acute pancreatitis unrelated to gallstones than those consuming fewer servings in a recent population-based cohort study.

Nine clinical scoring systems were able to comparably and accurately predict persistent organ failure in patients with acute pancreatitis, according to recent results.

Proinflammatory response to treatment of infected necrotizing pancreatitis may be reduced through the use of endoscopic transgastric necrosectomy as opposed to surgical necrosectomy, according to recent results.