Current Issue March 2012, Vol. 12, No. 2

Issue Highlights

  • The sixth nationwide epidemiological survey of chronic pancreatitis in Japan
    March 2012(Vol. 12 | No. 2 | Pages 79-84)

    Morihisa Hirota, Tooru Shimosegawa, Atsushi Masamune, Kazuhiro Kikuta, Kiyoshi Kume, Shin Hamada, Yasuyuki Kihara, Akihiko Satoh, Kenji Kimura, Ichiro Tsuji, Shinichi Kuriyama, Research Committee of Intractable Pancreatic Diseases

  • Pancreatic pseudocysts: Prognostic factors for their development and their spontaneous resolution in the setting of acute pancreatitis
    March 2012(Vol. 12 | No. 2 | Pages 85-90)

    Paul Georg Lankisch, Bettina Weber-Dany, Patrick Maisonneuve, Albert B. Lowenfels

  • miR-15b and miR-16 induce the apoptosis of rat activated pancreatic stellate cells by targeting Bcl-2 in vitro
    March 2012(Vol. 12 | No. 2 | Pages 91-99)

    Jie Shen, Rong Wan, Guoyong Hu, Lijuan Yang, Jie Xiong, Feng Wang, Jiaqing Shen, Shanshan He, Xiaoyan Guo, Jianbo Ni, Chuanyong Guo, Xingpeng Wang

  • The Two of Us
    07 May 2012

    Carlos Fernández-del Castillo

  • Celecoxib synergizes human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma cells to sorafenib-induced growth inhibition
    07 May 2012

    Ann H. Rosendahl, Chinmay Gundewar, Katarzyna Said, Emelie Karnevi, Roland Andersson

  • Preoperative vascular evaluation with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging for pancreatic cancer: A meta-analysis
    04 May 2012

    YaoJun Zhang, Jia Huang, MinShan Chen, Long R. Jiao

  • International consensus guidelines 2012 for the management of IPMN and MCN of the pancreas
    02 May 2012

    Masao Tanaka, Carlos Fernández-del Castillo, Volkan Adsay, Suresh Chari, Massimo Falconi, Jin-Young Jang, Wataru Kimura, Philippe Levy, Martha Bishop Pitman, C. Max Schmidt, Michio Shimizu, Christopher L. Wolfgang, Koji Yamaguchi, Kenji Yamao

  • Improvement of surgical and survival outcomes of patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy : A Chinese experience
    26 April 2012

    Chang Ming Shen, Guang Cai Niu, Wei Cui, Qiang Li

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About Pancreatology

Pancreatology is the official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP), the European Pancreatic Club (EPC) and several national societies and study groups around the world. Dedicated to the understanding and treatment of exocrine as well as endocrine pancreatic disease, this multidisciplinary periodical publishes original basic, translational and clinical pancreatic research from a range of fields including gastroenterology, oncology, surgery, pharmacology, cellular and molecular biology as well as endocrinology, immunology and epidemiology. Readers can expect to gain new insights into pancreatic physiology and into the pathogenesis, diagnosis, therapeutic approaches and prognosis of pancreatic diseases. The journal features original articles, case reports, consensus guidelines and topical, cutting edge reviews, thus representing a source of valuable, novel information for clinical and basic researchers alike.

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Pancreatology is published by Elsevier for the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP).


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The International Association of Pancreatology (IAP) is a unique international organisation established in 1985 and devoted to basic and clinical understanding of pancreatic functions and diseases. It is an assembly of basic scientists and clinical investigators from 32 countries dedicated to explore pancreatic biology in order to improve treatment outcomes in a variety of pancreatic disorders. The four major objectives of the IAP are: 1.To promote and encourage the advancement and exchange of knowledge respecting the normal and diseased pancreas by means of regular international meetings. 2.To advance and encourage studies in basic and clinical research in Pancreatology by meetings and official publications. 3.To promote public interest in Pancreatology. 4.To make known the objectives and activities of the Association by the publication of its activities in a range of media including the regular publication of its Journal.

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