The pancreas is an organ behind the stomach and near the spleen. It performs both exocrine and endocrine functions. The exocrine cells release digestive enzymes to assist with breaking down food.

Robotic surgery is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that is performed using a robotic device. The robotic device is controlled by a surgeon, who uses it to perform complex surgical procedures ...

Pifani has lost several family members to pancreatic cancer — including a cousin and uncle who both died in six months or less — so he feels “extremely fortunate.” The family has a genetic mutation ...

The U.S Food & Drug Administration has granted approval for a targeted therapy called CABOMETYX ® to treat pancreatic ...

Pancreatic cancer is on the rise in the United States, but there's another, less common type called pancreatic neuroendocrine ...

A distal pancreatectomy is the removal of the end of the pancreas while leaving the pancreatic head attached. It is performed to treat pancreatic cancer localized in the end of the pancreas, but may ...

In the past 15 years, over 250 patients have undergone pancreas transplantation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. We currently offer both simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) and ...

Pancreatic cancer is a resilient killer whose survival rates have hardly improved in recent decades. It is expected to become the second biggest cause of cancer-related death globally by 2030.