Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)is a procedure used to find stones, tumors, or narrowed bile ducts. A long tube with a camera on the end is passed down your throat and into your stomach and abdomen. ERCP may also be used to open ducts blocked by pancreatic duct stones...
How is pancreatic cancer diagnosed?Your healthcare provider will examine you and ask about your symptoms. He or she may ask if you have a family history of pancreatic cancer. You may need any of the following:Ultrasound, CT, or MRI pictures will show the location and size of the cancer....
Pancreas adenocarcinoma IPMN PanIN CT MRI Predisposing factors for pancreatic adenocarcinoma: what is the role of imaging? In cases of pancreatic adenocarcinoma, patients often present with unresectable disease, and even in early-stage cancer recurrence is relatively high. However, genomic sequencing has...
Pancreatic cancer Pancreatitis Whether cysts and lesions in this area are cancerous or benign Prostate MRI This is used to see whether there's cancer in your prostate and if it's spreading, as well as to evaluate other issues like an enlarged prostate. fMRI A special kind of MRI called a...
As we move from the exploitative phase of imaging to a more conservationist role, every imaging protocol should be assessed for appropriateness. The purpose of this review is to consider why imaging, particularly CT, has become part and parcel of the initial workup of patients with this disease...
It was the best meeting I’ve ever been to in my career because it was essentially a war room where all the data that was going on in the wards was matched with the data in the labs, and we could make adjustments to the protocol and go right on the ward and do it. Nowadays it ...
Pancreatic cancer Pancreatitis Whether cysts and lesions in this area are cancerous or benign Prostate MRI This is used to see whether there's cancer in your prostate and if it's spreading, as well as to evaluate other issues like an enlarged prostate. ...
I changed my diet to a vegan diet, and got treatments with high doses of Vit C and B17 plus the Banerji protocol, among many things, but it’s been of no use. My tumors are back and spreading and it seems my time is running out, I am getting weaker and l lost a lot of ...
Pancreatic cancer Melanoma Lung cancer A liquid biopsy is a much easier and simpler way of figuring out what’s happening than a surgical biopsy, which is more invasive. That’s because cancers release bits of DNA carrying mutations into your blood. With a liquid biopsy, a doctor can look ...
All accompanying CT images should be reviewed for additional findings, especially ascites, which is suggested to be a poor prognostic factor in patients receiving PRRT.Introduction Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are a rare entity, most often found in the gastroenteropancreatic tract or lung. A common ...