Pancreatic Disorders News

LAS VEGAS – A trained convolutional neural network detected key cholangioscopy image features suggestive of malignancy supporting intra-procedural decision making, according to a presentation at the ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

Predicted severe acute biliary pancreatitis treated with early endoscopic retrograde cholangiography with sphincterotomy did not reduce major complications or mortality compared with conservative treatment, according to a presenter.

Endoscopic sphincterotomy performed before endoscopic biliary stenting may prevent post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis in patients with biliary structures, according to a presentation at UEG week.

Surveillance of patients carrying the CDKN2A gene mutation led to earlier detection of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma which improved disease prognosis, according to a presenter at UEG Week.

Lactated Ringer’s solution infusion combined with rectal indomethacin reduced the incidence and readmission rates for post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis compared with either management strategy alone.

Fatty pancreas independently correlated with diabetes mellitus but not hypertension or dyslipidemia, according to research published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Patients with acute pancreatitis had significantly increased levels of heparin that were far greater than previously reported in other conditions, according to a study published in BMC Gastroenterology.

In this exclusive video, David A. Greenwald, MD, FACG, from Mount Sinai Hospital and President of the American College of Gastroenterology, discusses the upcoming hybrid ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.

For patients with recurrent and metastatic pancreatic cancer who received chemotherapy as a first-line treatment, early tumor shrinkage correlated with an improved rate of progression-free survival and overall survival.

In this video exclusive, Roi Anteby, MD, postdoctoral research fellow, department of surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, discussed the affect of race, socioeconomic status and education on completion of adjuvant therapy for pancreatic cancer.