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The Pancreas

Dr Mark Porter visits the Royal Liverpool Hospital, the country's leading centre for treating and researching diseases of the pancreas.

Cancer of the pancreas is one of the most difficult forms of the disease to treat. Inflammation of the pancreas - pancreatitis - can also be life threatening and at the moment there are no medicines to prevent the damage it does to the vital digestive gland. The Royal Liverpool Hospital is one of the UK's leading centres for the management of pancreatic disease. It's also home to the Liverpool National Institute of Health Research Pancreas Biomedical Research Unit where Professors Robert Sutton and John Neoptolemos treat patients and lead research into new therapies and tests for pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer.

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30 minutes

Last on

Wed 16 Feb 2011 16:30

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  • Tue 15 Feb 2011 21:00
  • Wed 16 Feb 2011 16:30