{"title":"Photodynamic therapy for pancreatic and biliary tract carcinoma","authors":"Lakshmana Ayaru, S. Bown, S. Pereira","doi":"10.1117/12.814850","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.814850","url":null,"abstract":"The prognosis of patients with pancreatic and biliary tract cancer treated with conventional therapies such as stent insertion or chemotherapy is often poor, and new approaches are urgently needed. Surgery is the only curative treatment but is appropriate in less than 20% of cases, and even then it is associated with a 5-yr survival of less than 30% in selected series. Photodynamic therapy represents a novel treatment for pancreaticobiliary malignancy. It is a way of producing localized tissue necrosis with light, most conveninently from a low-power, red laser, after prior administration of a photosensitizing agent, thereby initiating a non-thermal cytotoxic effect and tissue necrosis. This review outlines the mechanisms of action of photodynamic therapy including direct cell death, vascular injury, and immune system activation, and summarizes the results of preclinical and clinical studies of photodynamic therapy for pancreaticobiliary malignancy.","PeriodicalId":73464,"journal":{"name":"International journal of pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1117/12.814850","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"63607960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Nakajima, T. Kamano, K. Shibasaki, K. Watanabe, H. Meguro, Y. Tomiki, S. Kasamaki, M. Adachi, Y. Watanabe
{"title":"Colonic carcinoma resembling submucosal tumor","authors":"T. Nakajima, T. Kamano, K. Shibasaki, K. Watanabe, H. Meguro, Y. Tomiki, S. Kasamaki, M. Adachi, Y. Watanabe","doi":"10.1385/IJGC:37:1:55","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:37:1:55","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73464,"journal":{"name":"International journal of pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/IJGC:37:1:55","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66672449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notes on 5th Annual Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research Conference, Boston, 2003","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s12029-003-0001-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-003-0001-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73464,"journal":{"name":"International journal of pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12029-003-0001-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52742729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter from the editor","authors":"J. Jessup","doi":"10.1007/s12029-003-0003-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-003-0003-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73464,"journal":{"name":"International journal of pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12029-003-0003-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52742834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction to special issue of IJGC on imaging in pancreatic disease","authors":"C. Charnsangavej","doi":"10.1007/S12029-001-0005-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/S12029-001-0005-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73464,"journal":{"name":"International journal of pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/S12029-001-0005-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52742676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adjuvant and neoadjuvant therapies of pancreatic cancer: a review.","authors":"J. Harris, H. Bruckner","doi":"10.1385/ijgc:29:1:01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/ijgc:29:1:01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73464,"journal":{"name":"International journal of pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73932946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Letter from the editor","authors":"J. Abbruzzese","doi":"10.1007/s12029-001-0004-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-001-0004-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73464,"journal":{"name":"International journal of pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12029-001-0004-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"52742655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Tuech, P. Pessaux, N. Rege, R. Bergamaschi, J. Arnaud
{"title":"Emergency Pancreaticoduodenectomy with Delayed Reconstruction for Bleeding: A Life Saving Procedure.","authors":"J. Tuech, P. Pessaux, N. Rege, R. Bergamaschi, J. Arnaud","doi":"10.1385/ijgc:29:1:59","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/ijgc:29:1:59","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73464,"journal":{"name":"International journal of pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/ijgc:29:1:59","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66672409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Mutinga, A Rosenbluth, S M Tenner, R R Odze, G T Sica, P A Banks
{"title":"Does mortality occur early or late in acute pancreatitis?","authors":"M Mutinga, A Rosenbluth, S M Tenner, R R Odze, G T Sica, P A Banks","doi":"10.1385/IJGC:28:2:091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:28:2:091","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Unlabelled: </strong>Several prior studies have suggested that 80% of deaths in acute pancreatitis occur late as a result of pan-creatic infection. Others have suggested that approx half of deaths occur early as a result of multisystem organ failure. The aim of the present study was to determine the timing of mortality of acute pancreatitis at a large tertiary-care hospital in the United States.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis (ICD-9 code 577.0) admitted to Brigham and Women's Hospital from October 1, 1982 to June 30, 1995 were retrospectively studied to determine total mortality, frequency of early vs late deaths, and clinical features of patients with early (< or = 14 d after admission) or late deaths (> 14 d after admission).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The overall mortality of acute pancreatitis was 2.1% (17 deaths among 805 patients). Eight deaths (47%) occurred within the first 14 d of hospitalization (median d 8, range 1-11 d), whereas 9 occurred after 14 d (median d 56, range 19-81). Early deaths resulted primarily from organ failure. Late deaths occurred postoperatively in 8 patients with infected or sterile necrosis and 1 patient with infected necrosis treated medically.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Approximately half of deaths in acute pancreatitis occur within the first 14 d owing to organ failure and the remainder of deaths occur later because of complications associated with necrotizing pancreatitis. Improvement in mortality in the future will require innovative approaches to counteract early organ failure and late complications of necrotizing pancreatitis.</p>","PeriodicalId":73464,"journal":{"name":"International journal of pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/IJGC:28:2:091","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21951535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E Niebergall-Roth, S Teyssen, W Niebel, M V Singer
{"title":"Pancreatic secretory response to intraileal amino acids: studies in dogs with an in situ neurally isolated ileum.","authors":"E Niebergall-Roth, S Teyssen, W Niebel, M V Singer","doi":"10.1385/IJGC:28:2:083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1385/IJGC:28:2:083","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Intraileal carbohydrates and lipids affect the pancreatic exocrine secretion, but the effect of intraileal amino acids and the role of the extrinsic nerves of the ileum as mediators of the pancreatic bicarbonate and enzyme output are unknown.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Four dogs underwent total extrinsic denervation of the entire ileum. Thomas-like cannulas were placed into the stomach, duodenum (to collect pure pancreatic juice), and at the jejuno-ileal junction. Eight neurally intact control dogs received only the three fistulas. After recovery, in both sets of dogs, dose-response studies of the pancreatic secretory response to intraileal infusion with graded loads of tryptophan (0.12-10.0 mmol/h) were performed, given against an intravenous (iv) background of secretin (20.5 pmol/kg/h) and cerulein (29.6 pmol/kg/h). On separate days, control experiments with intraileal infusion of 0.15 M NaCl were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In both sets of dogs, iv secretin plus cerulein significantly (p < 0.05) increased pancreatic bicarbonate and protein output above basal. Intraileal tryptophan caused a dose-dependent decrease in the pancreatic bicarbonate and protein response to secretin plus cerulein. In the dogs with denervated ileum, this inhibition was significantly stronger than in the intact animals. In both sets of dogs, the 225-min integrated bicarbonate (IBR) and protein response (IPR) to all loads of tryptophan were significantly lower than in control experiments. Both IBR and IPR were significantly lower in the denervated as compared with the intact animals.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>1) Extrinsic denervation of the entire ileum is a valuable preparation to study the role of nerves in the control of pancreatic exocrine secretion; 2) both in the intact and denervated animals the amino acid tryptophan induces an \"ileal brake\" of the hormonally stimulated pancreatic bicarbonate and protein output; 3) the extrinsic nerves of the ileum are probably not the dominant mediators of the inhibitory action of intraileal tryptophan but rather counteract this effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":73464,"journal":{"name":"International journal of pancreatology : official journal of the International Association of Pancreatology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2000-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1385/IJGC:28:2:083","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21952244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}