The pancreas is an oblong flattened gland, about six inches long, located deep in the abdomen, sandwiched between the stomach and the spine. It has five main parts – the tail, body, neck, head and ...

On this, World Pancreatic Cancer Day, communities like Duluth and organizations around the world are uniting to spread the ...

Most veins in the body ... and pancreas. Portal vein blood contains both nutrients and toxins derived from digestion, which ...

Mucinous cystic neoplasms are commonly seen in perimenopausal women and about two thirds are located in the body or tail of the pancreas. Like cystadenomas, most MCNs are now incidental findings ...

Approximately 1 in 56 men and 1 in 60 women will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at some point in their lives, and Pennsylvania has slightly higher rates ...