Download or read book Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pancreatic Diseases written by David C. Whitcomb and published by W B Saunders Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disorders of the pancreas have, in the past, been very frustrating because the diagnosis was often made late in the course of the disease and no significantly beneficial interventions were available. This situation is rapidly changing as new insights from multiple perspectives are integrated and focused on each step of this complex processes. This issue of Gastroenterology Clinics of North America highlights a number of areas of rapid progress in inflammatory and neoplastic disorders of the pancreas. Each chapter represents the integrated knowledge and perspective of experts in the field, and represent the most up to date analysis of these state of the art approaches to complex issues in the evaluation and treatment of pancreatic disorders.