One of the British Crown Jewels is the Ampulla, which holds theholy oil used to anoint a new monarch during a coronation. Anotherampulla inside us issues fluids less exalted but more important tolife.

A presentation says that a new drug targeting the PI3K gene in patients with advanced breast cancer shows promising results in an early phase I investigational study Phase 1 Clinical Trial Reveals ...

An interim analysis of a phase II study of the combination of TACE and sorafenib in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in National Cancer Center Korea (COTSUN KOREA, NCT00919009).

Carcinomas of the Vaterian system are rare and presumably arise from preexisting adenomas (adenoma-carcinoma-sequence). Usually, biopsies are obtained to confirm and specify endoscopic findings, but ...

Fluorouracil, Leucovorin, and Irinotecan Plus Either Sunitinib or Placebo in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Randomized, Phase III Trial This is problematic in interpreting clinical trial data because ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband was diagnosed with ampullary cancer. He has a tumor the size of a marble. We are told this is an aggressive cancer. My concern is that they are giving him chemotherapy ...

LITTLE attention has been paid to polypoid epithelial tumors of the bile ducts in spite of their favorable prognosis, often disabling symptoms, difficulty of clinical recognition and relation to ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband was diagnosed with ampullary cancer. He has a tumor the size of a marble. We are told this is an aggressive cancer. My concern is that they are giving him chemotherapy ...

Jazz and rock saxophonist Mars Williams recently passed away on November 20, 2023, at the age of 68. He was reportedly suffering from ampullary cancer for a year which led to his demise. According to ...

IN recent years, surgeons who operate upon patients for biliary-tract disease have become increasingly aware of the significant role of obstruction of the common duct at the sphincter of Oddi. This ...