Pancreatic cancer develops from uncontrolled cell growth in the pancreas. Doctors may use an ultrasound to help detect pancreatic cancer as part of their diagnosis. Symptoms of pancreatic cancer can ...

At the recent Digestive Disease Week (DDW) conference, a study was presented that assessed the predictive role of biomarkers and intestinal ultrasound parameters after infliximab (Remicade) induction ...

The Mayo Clinic Diagnostic Index was searched to identify all patients with de novo esophageal cancer evaluated at this institution in 1998 and in 2000. Endoscopic ultrasound was introduced for ...

A therapeutic endoscopic procedure provides treatment that is carried out via the endoscope. A procedure, which starts as a diagnostic or screening endoscopy, may become a therapeutic endoscopy ...

Certain types of endoscopies, like endoscopic ultrasounds, are commonly used to detect pancreatic cancer. But pancreatic cancer can be hard to spot in its early stages, even with imaging tests. In its ...

Louisville, Colo.-based Gastroenterology of the Rockies has added an ultrasound machine that measures fibrosis and steatosis in livers. The FibroScan device, manufactured by Echosens, uses noninvasive ...