A new study found that alcohol-related liver and pancreas problems are increasing disproportionately among adolescents and ...
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The pancreas is a spongy, glandular organ about 6 to 8 inches long. Shaped like a sideways comma, it sits deep within the abdomen, surrounded by the liver, stomach, small intestine and spleen.
The Saint Louis University Center for Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases has been officially designated by the National Pancreas Foundation as a pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer center of excellence.
Liver cancer is the fourth most common cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the country.
But equally troubling are their new findings that alcohol-related liver and pancreas problems are increasing disproportionately among adolescents and young adults, particularly females.