Mayo Clinic finds new pathology tests double sensitivity to detect bile duct and pancreatic cancers
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Pancreatic cancer and bile duct cancer are difficult to diagnose and often fatal because they are discovered in the advanced stages of the disease. Researchers have developed new tests that double the ability to detect bile duct and pancreatic cancers, according to a Mayo Clinic...AGA Medical Receives Japanese Approval for AMPLATZER(R) Duct Occluder
MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- AGA Medical Corporation ("AGA Medical") announced today that it received approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) for its AMPLATZER(R) Duct Occluder (ADO). The ADO is a percutaneous, transcatheter occlusion device used for the...Routinely used diagnostic approaches: only limited diagnostic sensitivity for bile duct cancer?
Surgery is the only curative treatment in patients with bile duct cancer. To develop a therapeutic concept a reliable diagnostic procedure is of great importance in these patients. Due to longitudinal tumor growth along the bile duct, imaging techniques including ultrasound, computed tomography, ...How to effectively avoid many common complications and liver damage in bile duct exploration?
Micro-wound operation is becoming the trend in surgery in the 21st century and laparoscopic surgery is regarded as an important component of micro-wound surgery. In operations combining laparoscopic hepatic left lateral lobectomy with fiber choledochoscopic exploration of the common bile duct, the...Exclusion of common bile duct stones prior to gallstone operations
CBDS occur in 7-20% of all patients undergoing a gallstone operation and may complicate the course of surgery. Although intraoperative x-ray investigation was routinely performed to diagnose CBDS in the pre-laparoscopic era, its use during the laparoscopic era has been debated. Consequently, other...Chemoembolization Improving as Liver Cancer Treatment
... vessel and further guard against potential leakage of blood that could feed the tumor. More than 21,000 people are diagnosed with liver and bile duct cancer, and more than 18,000 will die of the disease each year, according to the American Cancer Society. Hope for People with Liver Cancer A...ASGE and The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Partner to Raise Awareness About Pancreatic Cancer
...treats cancer of the head of the pancreas (the widest part) and generally involves removing most of the pancreas and part of the small intestine, bile duct and stomach. Surgery may be followed by chemotherapy or a combination of chemotherapy and radiation. If the tumor has spread into surrounding tissue o...Repligen Receives FDA Fast Track Designation for RG1068 for Pancreatic Imaging
... secretin, to improve the assessment of pancreatic duct structures by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Th...ed MRI to improve the ability to detect pancreatic duct abnormalities relative to MRI alone. Detailed visu...tion of structural abnormalities of the pancreatic duct of approximately 20% with no loss in specificity. ...Repligen Initiates Phase 3 Clinical Trial of RG1068 for Pancreatic MRI Imaging
...f RG1068, synthetic human secretin, to improve the assessment of pancreatic duct structures by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This Phase 3 study is a mul...icity of secretin- enhanced MRI to improve the ability to detect pancreatic duct abnormalities relative to MRI alone. Detailed visual assessment of the panc...Bile Duct Brushing for Cytology
Description: ARUP Laboratories is a national reference laboratory and a worldwide leader in innovative laboratory research and development. ARUP offers an extensive test menu of highly complex and unique medical tests in clinical and anatomic pathology. Owned by the University of Utah, ARUP Laboratories' client...Fitzgibbons-Jenkins Multipurpose Common Duct Catheter Set
Description: Used for serial post-operative cholangiography and the placement of a wire guide to facilitate post-operative E.R.C.P. Supplied sterile in peel-open packages. Intended for one-time use....Appel-Berci Cystic Duct Introducer Sets
Description: Used for placement of choledochoscopes, cholangiography catheters and other instruments. Supplied sterile in peel-open packages. Intended for one-time use....Common Duct Exploration Set: With N-Circle® Nitinol Tipless Stone Extractor
Description: Used for common bile duct exploration. Supplied sterile in peel-open packages. Intended for one-time use....Scientists link immune system's natural killer cells to infant liver disease
...at blocking a gene that helps NK cells attack bile duct tissues lessens damage and may be a way to treat t...ich in turn allows inflammatory cells to block the duct and the ongoing accumulation of fibrotic tissue. B... gene, Nkg2d, to make contact with and attack bile duct surface cells by attaching to the Nk2d protein, wh...Olympus broadens portfolio with new biliary metallic stent
...cal to help relieve the symptoms associated with pancreatic, liver and bile duct cancers. The NIRflex advanced cell design biliary metallic stent prov...nded, helping to reduce stress to the tissue and prevent damage to the bile duct and duodenal walls. "Olympus provides the most extensive line of GI pr...Breast cancer genome shows evolution, instability of cancer
...table," he said. They identified two types of genomic instability. One type occurs at the point where the cancer becomes invasive, leaving the milk duct system and going into surrounding tissues. The other is associated with repetitive structures called low copy repeats found in the genome itself, a fi...Cells lining milk ducts hold key to spread of common form of breast cancer
...rmal surrounding cells that cause the walls of the duct to deteriorate like a rusty pipe, according to a n...at, by targeting these abnormalities, shore up the duct walls and keep the cancer contained. "Women who...and potentially in other cancers that originate in duct tissues, the answer may lie in the tumor's microen...Elusive pancreatic stem cells found in adult mice
...chers said. Most people gave up looking because they are so few and so hard to activate, Heimberg said. In the new study, Heimbergs team tied off a duct that drains digestive enzymes from the pancreas. That injury led to a doubling of beta cells in the pancreas within two weeks, they showed. The animal...AGA Medical Corporation Receives European CE Mark Approval for the AMPLATZER(R) Duct Occluder II
MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- AGA Medical Corporation ("AGA") announced today it received European CE Mark approval for the AMPLATZER(R) Duct Occluder II ("ADO II"). AGA also announced the immediate availability and launch of the device in Europe. The ADO II expands the AGA family of oc...Repligen Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Financial Results
...c human secretin, designed to assess the ability of RG1068 in combination with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to improve the detection of pancreatic duct abnormalities compared to MRI alone. Detailed visual assessment of the pancreatic ducts is important in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such ...Repligen Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Results
...c human secretin, designed to assess the ability of RG1068 in combination with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to improve the detection of pancreatic duct abnormalities compared to MRI alone. Detailed visual assessment of the pancreatic ducts is important in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such ...Repligen Reports Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2009 Financial Results
...8, synthetic human secretin, designed to assess the ability of RG1068 enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to improve the detection of pancreatic duct abnormalities compared to MRI alone. Detailed visual assessment of the pancreatic ducts is important in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases such ...