Pancreatic cancer is on the rise in the United States, but there's another, less common type called pancreatic neuroendocrine ...

This also applies to pancreatic cancer, which is interwoven with a dense network of nerves. However, only the nerve fibers project into the tumor, while the nuclei of the nerve cells lie far ...

Background and Aim: Intraductal papillary mucinous tumor (IPMT) of the pancreas can be divided into three clinically distinct subtypes: main duct type, branch duct type and mixed type. Although it ...

In a Whipple procedure, the surgeon removes the head of the pancreas ... being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer depends on the stage of the cancer; whether the tumor is resectable, borderline ...

meaning the tumor was eliminated. The research team used a Penn-developed immunocompetent model considered the gold standard worldwide for assessing potential therapies for pancreatic ductal ...

Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) usually occur within the head of the pancreas and arise within the pancreatic ducts. The ductal epithelium forms a papillary ... For lesions in the ...

A distal pancreatectomy is the removal of the end of the pancreas while leaving the pancreatic head attached. It is performed to treat pancreatic cancer localized ... Tumors in the tail of the ...

The Mara Sherman lab aims to understand the heterocellular interactions among pancreatic cancer cells and their surrounding microenvironment, and to target these networks for therapeutic benefit. Our ...