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Article: Reversing chronic pancreatitis may reduce conversion to pancreatic cancer.
- Article from:
- Cancer Weekly
- Article date:
- July 1, 2003
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2003 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reversing chronic pancreatitis may reduce conversion to pancreatic cancer.
According to a study from Japan, "Chronic pancreatitis is a chronic clinical disorder characterized by irreversible damage to the pancreas and the development of histologic evidence of inflammation and fibrosis, and eventually the destruction and permanent loss of exocrine and endocrine tissue.
"A nationwide survey in Japan revealed an increase in the total number of patients treated for chronic pancreatitis from 32,000 in 1994 to 42,000 in 1999. The overall prevalence and the incidence rate of chronic pancreatitis also increased, from ...