Compared with conventional endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), MRCP showed acceptable ... confident diagnosis of intrahepatic bile duct cancer. Second, all patients included ...

ERCP is used primarily to diagnose and treat conditions of the bile ducts and pancreas. ERCP combines the use of x-rays and an endoscope, which is a long, flexible, lighted tube. Through the endoscope ...

The two most common presentations of pancreatic cancer are abdominal or ... then a gastroenterologist will do an ERCP and put a stent inside bile duct to decrease the jaundice and prepare the ...

Selective deep cannulation of the common bile duct remains the key rate-limiting step in successful endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), especially in benign biliary disease.

Liver resection is recommended to treat some types of cancer originating in the liver (hepatocellular cancer, bile duct cancer, and gallbladder cancer), and occasionally benign liver tumors that are ...

Pancreatic cancer happens when normal cells in the pancreas change into abnormal cells and grow out of control. The pancre­as is an organ that sits be­hind the stomach. It makes hormones and juices ...