Sentences with word «mucinous»

The lesions evaluated in this study that can become cancerous are known as intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms.

According to a new «proof of principle» study published in Aug. 27 issue of Cancer Prevention Research, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers hope to improve pancreatic cancer survival rates by identifying markers in the blood that can pinpoint patients with premalignant pancreatic lesions called intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs).

Five patients (12.5 percent) required surgery (3 for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and 2 for intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia), the remaining 35 continue under surveillance.

The test was less accurate for the less prevalent pancreatic cyst type called mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN)-- catching only 30 percent of the cases.

We performed histopathological analyses of aortic sections, assessing the arterial wall for the presence of degenerative changes (i.e., division and disorganization of elastic fibers and replacement of smooth muscle cells by mucinous substance).

Earlier this year, a team of doctors in Connecticut removed an 132 - pound mucinous ovarian tumor from a 38 - year - old woman — one of the largest operations on record of this type of tumor.

A subcutaneous serum or mucinous fluid fills this space causing a prominent sac known as a hygroma.

Proliferative Brenner Tumor with Borderline Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma of the Ovary in a 75 - Year - Old Woman

According to the results, MRIs found a pancreatic lesion in 16 patients (40 percent): intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia, which can become invasive cancer, in 14 patients (35 percent) and pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma in two patients (5 percent).

Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia (PanIN) and mucinous cystic neoplasm (MCN) also are lesions that precede pancreatic cancer.

In a new study, researchers led by a molecular biologist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), report two breakthroughs in understanding those lesions and their role in pancreatic cancer: the development of the first mouse model that simulates a precursor lesion called intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasia (IPMN), and the identification of an enzyme, Brg1, that appears to help cause the formation of IPMN lesions while also suppressing another precursor lesion.

The study showed that with 100 percent accuracy, PancreaSeq correctly classified every patient in the evaluation group who had intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN)-- a common precursor to pancreatic cancer — based on the presence of mutations in two genes, KRAS and GNAS.

Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCN) are a form of pancreatic tumor.

Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN) are tumors that grow within the pancreatic ducts and are filled with mucin.