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 ...

Peritoneal washing is most commonly performed during ovarian cancer surgeries but is also used in endometrial, pancreatic, and gastric cancer surgeries. The results of this procedure help diagnose ...

A cystic neoplasm needs to be considered when a patient presents with a fluid-containing pancreatic lesion. Cystic neoplasms of the pancreas may be more frequent than previously recognized and are ...

To study exosomes in vivo, the team introduced pancreatic cancer cells into the peritoneal cavity of mice. One month later, they used immunohistochemistry to measure LAT1 expression in tumor tissue ...

Cytological evaluation of the peritoneal fluid showed that it predominantly ... and lymphocytes were prominent in the parenchyma of the pancreas, kidneys, gallbladder, and hilus of the liver.