An intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) is a benign or noncancerous cyst in the ducts of the pancreas. The cysts are sometimes precancerous, which means they may lead to pancreatic cancer.

How Do Precancerous Lesions Develop Towards Pancreatic Cancer? Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest diseases in United States, with a 5-year survival of 12% and is considered to be one of the ...

PARIS, France — Fewer than 1% of patients with intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) of the branch ducts develop adenocarcinoma after 5 years of follow-up monitoring, according to a French ...

Association of hypophosphatemia-occurring sorafenib with prognosis and hepatic impairment in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma. Background: Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN) ...

The majority of pancreatic cancers are thought to evolve through a series of hyperplastic and dysplastic ductal lesions termed PanIN. Normal ductal epithelium progresses to invasive adenocarcinomas ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — If a branch duct-intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm grows at a rate of 5 mm or more annually, ...

Sonography in a 75-year-old man with cingulate upper abdominal pain showed an greatly enlarged pancreas with multiple cystic elements. Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) identified a ...