Fatty pancreas disease, characterized by intra-pancreatic fat deposition, is more prevalent than diabetes, pancreatitis, and ...

All pancreatic neuroendocrine carcinomas (NECs) are grade 3. Functioning NETs over produce hormones and cause symptoms. Doctors name each type of functioning NET after the type of hormone that it ...

These miniature organs-in-a-dish are powerful, but they’re not perfect: Recreating the complex interplay of different cell types found in full-sized organs remains tricky. For example, most pancreatic ...

So insulin resistance, lack of beta cell function can either cause…diabetes or worsen diabetic control in an established ...

Some IPMNs primarily involve the main pancreatic duct, while others involve the branch ducts. Branch-duct type IPMNs are often found in the uncinate process, are sometimes asymptomatic, and are less ...

Risk for pancreatitis was not elevated among users of tirzepatide relative to placebo, despite the presence of elevated pancreatic enzymes.

There are 5 main types of functioning pancreatic NETs. These are insulinoma, gastrinoma, somatostatinoma, glucagonoma and VIPoma. NETs and NECs are very different. So it is important to know which one ...