Pancreatic cancer is the seventh leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide.
However, its toll is higher in more developed countries. Reasons for vast differences in …

Importance Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a chronic inflammatory and fibrotic disease of the
pancreas with a prevalence of 42 to 73 per 100 000 adults in the United States …

Acute pancreatitis is one of the most frequent gastrointestinal causes of hospital admission
in the United States. Chronic pancreatitis, although lower in incidence, significantly reduces …

Pancreatitis is inflammation of pancreas and caused by a number of factors including
pancreatic duct obstruction, alcoholism, and mutation in the cationic trypsinogen gene …

Emerging data in the past few years suggest that acute, recurrent acute (RAP), and chronic
pancreatitis (CP) represent a disease continuum. This review discusses the similarities and …

The epidemiology of chronic pancreatitis (CP) is incompletely understood. A number of
difficulties exist in estimating the prevalence and incidence of CP. Long-term follow-up is …

Diese Leitlinie umfasst erstmals die akute wie auch die chronische Pankreatitis, um so
Übergänge der beiden ehemals getrennt wahrgenommenen Krankheitsbilder gemäß einem …

Objective To determine the clinical presentation, diagnostic variables, risk factors, and
disease burden in children with chronic pancreatitis. Study design We performed a cross …

The incidence of acute and chronic pancreatitis is increasing in the United States. Rates of
acute pancreatitis (AP) are similar in both sexes, but chronic pancreatitis (CP) is more …

Background Based on reports from tertiary care centers, chronic pancreatitis (CP) is
considered to be a painful and debilitating disease frequently requiring invasive …