A pancreatic elastase test, also known as a stool elastase, FE-1, or fecal elastase test, measures how much elastase is in your poop. Elastase is an enzyme produced by the pancreas during the ...

Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), specifically pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy ... the accuracy of the 13 C mixed triglyceride breath test, a promising diagnostic tool for PEI.

Currently pancreatic cancer is identified using invasive and expensive imaging technology. However, the urine test is easy to perform: the three protein biomarkers in urine are measured by an ...

The new test works by detecting two sugars - CA199.STRA and CA19-9 - that are produced by pancreatic cancer cells and escape into the bloodstream. CA19-9 is the current gold-standard biomarker for ...

It kills over 95 per cent of patients within five years of their diagnosis – the worst survival rate of all cancers – but now ...

An experimental blood test for pancreatic cancer is being evaluated by a commercial laboratory, an important milestone toward making the test available for patients. An experimental blood test for ...

In a new study, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have discovered that an enzyme called MICAL2 promotes tumor growth and spread in pancreatic ductal ...

Pancreatic cancer kills 50,000 people each year, according to the National Cancer Institute and there are few effective treatment options for the disease. In a new study, researchers at the University ...