Mayo Clinic Minute: Advancing pancreatic cancer treatment with total robotic Whipple surgery
New technologies are improving pancreatic cancer treatment, offering hope to patients facing one of the least survivable forms of cancer. The Whipple procedure, a complex surgery for localized pancreatic cancer, can now be done robotically. Dr. Zhi Ven Fong, a Mayo Clinic surgical oncologist, says innovations in technology allow surgeons to do this highly complex operation in a minimally invasive way. And that helps the patient. Dr. Fong explains what happens during a total robotic Whipple… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - January 15, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
‘I’m a doctor - here’s the most common warning sign of pancreatic cancer’
Pancreatic cancer can be difficult to spot because signs and symptoms aren't usually apparent until the cancer has significantly progressed. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Doctor shares two important things he looks out for in potential pancreatic cancer cases
He revealed the two criteria clinicians look for in patients that would prompt urgent referral. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What is pancreatic cancer? Early symptoms as Sven-Goran Eriksson's devastating diagnosis
After the former England football boss revealed he has been diagnosed with the disease, we take a look at the warning signs and how pancreatic cancer can be found. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ChatGPT identifies incidental CT findings
ChatGPT-4 performs well in identifying incidental findings on CT via a process called single-shot learning, according to Canadian research published January 10 in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
A team led by Rajesh Bhayana, MD, from Toronto General Hospital in Canada found that the large language model achieved a perfect F1 score for incidental adrenal nodules and highlighted that their results show that such models can be applied flexibly in medical settings.
“Since incidental findings are commonly mismanaged, automatic identification in reports could improve management by increasing visibility or partially au...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 11, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: CT Advanced Visualization Source Type: news
Is It Dangerous to Keep Getting COVID-19?
Getting COVID-19 today is much less scary and more common than it was three years ago. By now, many people have had it not just once, but two, three, or even more times. Most of the time, repeat infections aren’t as severe as they were the first time, leading to a sense of complacency about getting COVID-19 over and over.
But reinfections aren’t harmless. As cases continue to rise and more variants arrive on the scene, infectious-disease experts are warning that repeat infections could have cumulative, lasting effects.
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“There is some early evidence star...
Source: TIME: Health - January 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Vaccine 'Promising' for Delaying Relapse in KRAS-Mutated Pancreatic Cancer, CRC
(MedPage Today) -- An investigational therapeutic vaccine appeared to be effective in delaying relapse of KRAS-mutated pancreatic and colorectal cancer (CRC), according to results from the phase I AMPLIFY-201 study.
Among 25 patients with pancreatic... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - January 9, 2024 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Therapeutic Vaccine Could Fight Pancreatic Cancer
TUESDAY, Jan.9, 2024 -- Patients with the most common form of pancreatic cancer could benefit from an experimental therapeutic vaccine, a small new clinical trial shows.The vaccine, called ELI-002 for now, is targeted to what are known as... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 9, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Sir Roy Calne obituary
Pioneering British surgeon who carried out the world ’s first liver, heart and lung transplantIn the 1960s Roy Calne, professor of surgery at Cambridge University, was gripped by the emerging new science of transplantation to help those with kidney and liver failure.Calne, who has died aged 93, became Britain ’s premier transplant surgeon and researcher, achieving a number of firsts, including the first liver transplant in Europe in 1968, the world’s first liver, heart and lung transplant in 1986 (with John Wallwork) and the world’s first successful “organ cluster” transplant (stomach, intestin e, pancreas, liv...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 8, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Penny Warren Tags: Medical research Science Organ donation Doctors Health University of Cambridge Boston London NHS Source Type: news
FAPI-PET outperforms FDG-PET in diagnosing pancreatic cancer
F-18 FAPI-PET/CT is superior to F-18 FDG-PET/CT for diagnosing and staging patients with pancreatic cancer, according to a study published January 4 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
In a clinical trial, F-18 FAPI-04 radiotracer performed better than F-18 FDG in identifying primary tumors, lymph node metastasis, and distant metastases in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The findings suggest that F-18 FAPI-04 PET/CT offers a new method for identifying malignancies in these patients, according to first author Xiang Li, PhD, of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, and colleagues.
“In the future,...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - January 5, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Subspecialties Molecular Imaging Radiation Oncology/Therapy Nuclear Radiology Source Type: news
Study Assuages Fears of Pancreatic Cancer Risk With GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
(MedPage Today) -- Several years after initiating treatment, GLP-1 receptor agonist users didn't have a pancreatic cancer safety signal, a historical cohort study reported.
Compared with basal insulin users, those on a GLP-1 receptor agonist didn... (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - January 5, 2024 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news
'I'm a hospice nurse - here are five symptoms to spot to catch pancreatic cancer early'
Pancreatic cancer is particularly deadly as symptoms can be "subtle" and easy to miss. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A change in the way wine and coffee tastes could be warning sign for killer disease
Liver and pancreas surgeon Dr Mark Fraiman said changes to your taste don't necessarily mean you have pancreatic cancer, but you should always see your doctor for an examination. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Most commonly reported' pancreatic cancer symptom could be mistaken for digestive issue
The symptom is often worse with eating, a doctor has warned. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - December 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Steve Jobs' death from pancreatic cancer meant the end of an era after the Apple founder's loss
Tony Korody/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died on October 5, 2011, of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. In a statement released then, Apple said Jobs' "brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve our lives. The world…#tonykorody #apple #stevejobs #stevewozniak #libraryofcongress #imac #ibook #ipod #ipad #memphis (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - December 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
