Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. Acute pancreatitis occurs when symptoms appear suddenly. These may include pain in the upper left abdomen that spreads to the back, fever, nausea ...

She already knew plenty about pancreatic cancer. A friend had died of it after years of treatment. Her daughter-in-law works in pancreatic cancer research. The five-year survival rate for the ...

A direct connection exists between the pancreas and diabetes. The pancreas is an organ deep in your abdomen behind your stomach. It’s an important part of your digestive system. The pancreas ...

Pancreatic cancer can be a deadly form of the disease. It is the 10th most common form of cancer in the UK - but the fifth most deadly ...

Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have found that pancreatic cancer uses a key metabolic switch to help ...

Adding immunotherapy to a new type of inhibitor that targets multiple forms of the cancer-causing gene mutation KRAS kept pancreatic cancer at bay in preclinical models for significantly longer ...

Neuroendocrine tumors that start in the pancreas tend to be more aggressive and have a poor prognosis.