Pancreatic Cancer: Focus on the Journal of the Pancreas

An Overview on Pancreatic Cancer, the Pancreas and the Journal of the Pancreas

The diagnostic pathologies of a disease are essential to establishing a diagnosis, whereas therapeutic options offers doctors guidance on an accompanying treatment regime. The aim of this article is to explore these two topics (diagnosis and therapeutics) while considering various developments in both fields. The discussion will be focused on recent developments published in "The New England Journal of Medicine".

Knowing how to diagnose pancreatic cancer at an early stage is key for improving patient outcomes, enabling appropriate surgical management that helps to minimize damage to healthy organs, lessening pain and swelling post surgery following operations for pancreatic malignancy and reducing organ related complications. This review article takes a look at diagnostic updates pertaining to pancreatic ductal adenocarcin.