Health Topics

Pancreatic Cancer

Health information topics about Pancreatic Cancer:

Alternative Therapy

    1. Questions and Answers about the Gonzalez Protocol
    National Cancer Institute
    http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/developments/qa-gonzalez-trial1299

Anatomy/Physiology

    1. What Is the Pancreas?
    Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Pathology
    http://pathology2.jhu.edu/pancreas/pancreas1.cfm

Clinical Trials

    1. ClinicalTrials.gov: Pancreatic Neoplasms
    National Institutes of Health
    http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D010190&recruiting...

    2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Carcinoma, Islet Cell
    National Institutes of Health
    http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D018273&recruiting...

Diagnosis/Symptoms

    1. CA 19-9 (Cancer Antigen 19-9)
    American Association for Clinical Chemistry
    http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/ca19_9/test.html

    2. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ER
    National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center
    http://www.cc.nih.gov/ccc/patient_education/procdiag/ercp.pdf

    3. How Is Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosed?
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_3x_how_is_pancreatic_canc...

    4. How Is Pancreatic Cancer Staged?
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_3x_how_is_pancreatic_canc...

    5. Can Pancreatic Cancer Be Found Early?
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_3x_can_pancreatic_cancer_...

Dictionaries/Glossaries

    1. Cancer.gov Dictionary
    National Cancer Institute
    http://www.cancer.gov/dictionary/

Directories

    1. National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Program
    National Cancer Institute
    http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/1_2.htm

    2. Find a Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Doctor
    American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
    http://www.askasge.org/pages/find/find.cfm

Disease Management

    1. How Is Pain Managed?
    Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Pathology
    http://pathology2.jhu.edu/pancreas/pain.cfm

    2. Palliative and Supportive Care
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_4x_palliative_and_support...

Genetics

    1. What Causes Pancreatic Cancer?
    Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Pathology
    http://pathology2.jhu.edu/pancreas/causespc.cfm

    2. Is Pancreatic Cancer Hereditary?
    Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Pathology
    http://pathology2.jhu.edu/pancreas/hered.cfm

    3. Genes and Disease: Pancreatic Cancer
    National Center for Biotechnology Information
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?call=bv.View..ShowSection&rid=gnd...

Health Check Tools

    1. Pancreatic Cancer Questionnaire
    Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention
    http://www.yourdiseaserisk.harvard.edu/hccpquiz.pl?func=d_start&cancer_list...

National Institutes of Health

    1. Pancreatic Cancer (PDQ): Treatment
    National Cancer Institute
    http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/pancreatic/patient/

    2. What You Need to Know about Cancer of the Pancreas
    National Cancer Institute
    http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/wyntk/pancreas

Nutrition

    1. Pancreas Cancer: Nutrition
    Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Pathology
    http://pathology2.jhu.edu/pancreas/nutrition.cfm

Organizations

    1. Pancreatica
    Lorenzen Cancer Foundation
    http://www.pancreatica.org/

    2. National Pancreas Foundation

    http://www.pancreasfoundation.org/

    3. National Cancer Institute

    http://www.cancer.gov/

    4. American Cancer Society

    http://www.cancer.org/

Overviews

    1. Pancreatic Cancer: Frequently Asked Questions
    National Pancreas Foundation
    http://www.pancreasfoundation.org/cgi/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=faq.db&com...

    2. Pancreatic Cancer
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00357

Related Issues

    1. Questions and Answers about Cigar Smoking and Canc
    National Cancer Institute
    http://cis.nci.nih.gov/fact/10_16.htm

    2. What Questions Should I Ask My Doctor?
    Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Pathology
    http://pathology2.jhu.edu/pancreas/questions.cfm

    3. Ten Questions to Ask Your GI Endoscopist
    American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
    http://www.askasge.org/pages/tenquest.cfm

Research

    1. Obesity Linked to Pancreatic Cancer
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Obesity_Linked_to_Pancre...

    2. Detecting Pancreatic Cancer and Its Spread
    American College of Physicians
    http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/141/10/I-46

    3. What's New in Pancreatic Cancer Research and
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_6x_whats_new_in_pancreati...

    4. No Aspirin Link to Pancreatic Cancer
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_1_1x_Study_No_Aspirin_Link_to...

Specific Conditions

    1. Where Can Pancreatic Cancer Spread?
    Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Pathology
    http://pathology2.jhu.edu/pancreas/mets.cfm

    2. Islet Cell Carcinoma (Endocrine Pancreas) (PDQ): T
    National Cancer Institute
    http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/isletcell/patient/

    3. Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome
    National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse
    http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/zollinger/index.htm

Statistics

    1. What Are the Key Statistics about Pancreatic Cance
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_1x_what_are_the_key_stati...

Treatment

    1. Pancreatic Cancer: What Happens after Treatment?
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_5x_what_happens_after_tre...

    2. Surgery
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_4x_surgery_34.asp?siteare...

    3. Treatment of Pancreatic Cancer by Stage
    American Cancer Society
    http://www.cancer.org/docroot/cri/content/cri_2_4_4x_treatment_of_pancreati...

    4. Whipple Procedure
    Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Pathology
    http://pathology2.jhu.edu/pancreas/whipple.cfm

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