Gallstone disease may be a red flag for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), a researcher reported. PDAC patients were diagnosed nearly three times more often with gallstone disease compared to ...

Immunohistochemical staining Hematoxylin-Eosin, highlights a malignant proliferate tumor (adnocarcinoma), adipose tissue (abdominal fat) infiltrated by a malignant lesion of pancreatic origin. Nerve ...

The presence of gallstone disease may be a harbinger of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), researchers suggest after showing an association between the two in a SEER-Medicare database analysis.

Multiple hospitalizations and long-term Crohn disease duration are major risk factors for gallstone disease. A pooled gallstone prevalence of 14.9% was found in Crohn disease patients, with high ...

(A) ABC transporters: The normal functioning of ABCG8/ABCG5, ABCB4, and ABCB11 enables the transport of cholesterol, bile acids, and lipids into bile (left). Mutations in any of these result in ...

Bethesda, MD (May 13, 2022) — Patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) were six times more likely to have had gallstone disease within the year prior to diagnosis than non-cancer patients ...

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers performed a Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to evaluate the causal association between gallstone disease (GSD) and ...

The gallbladder plays a quiet but critical role in digestion, and when this organ malfunctions, it sends specific distress signals that require attention.

Gallstone Disease (GD) has been recognised as a very common disease with a very high prevalence rate estimated to be between 10% and 20% on a global perspective; this has been observed to occur in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A presenter at Digestive Disease Week reported that gallstone disease may be a predictor of pancreatic cancer.

The gallbladder is a small, grape sized, organ attached to the digestive tract. It secretes a fluid called bile into it in response to a meal. Bile emulsifies dietary fats by increasing their exposure ...