Pancreas and Biliary Tract
Clinical Challenges
What's your diagnosis?
15-year old girl with history of upper quadrant pain.
Conference Coverage
Misdiagnosis, mismatch still common in pancreatic cystic neoplasms
A new study suggests that with better diagnosis a significant proportion of patients with pancreatic cystic neoplasms could be spared from surgery...
From the AGA Journals
PDAC surveillance in high-risk cases improves outcomes
A propensity-matched analysis found a benefit even after considering lead-time bias, suggesting a real benefit.
From the AGA Journals
Joint symposium addresses exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
EPI is challenging to define complicated by limitations in diagnostic testing.
Perspectives
Pancreas cysts – What’s the best approach?
There have been a variety of expert recommendations and guidelines, but heterogeneity exists in management especially regarding timing of...
From the Journals
New clinical guideline for biliary strictures issued
“The appropriate diagnosis and management of biliary strictures is still a big clinical challenge and has important implications in endoscopic,...
From the Journals
COVID raises risk for long-term GI complications
“Are patients attributing their symptoms to COVID, or is COVID itself creating a background of inflammation or changes in the nerves that are...
From the AGA Journals
Genomics data reveal promising PSC therapeutic target
Data mining of genomics related to primary sclerosing cholangitis also implicated genes involved in its pathogenesis and its complications,...
Conference Coverage
Pancreatic cancer screening appears safe, effective for high-risk patients
The study explored a targeted strategy for screening since pancreatic cancer screening is not recommended for the general population.
Conference Coverage
One-third of pancreatic cancer diagnoses missed on scans
The time window for curative surgery is often short, and missing the diagnosis can result in worse clinical outcomes.