Disease

Pancreatic Cancer

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AUG 5, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Safety, feasibility, and palliative benefit of HIFU combined with PD-1 inhibitors for elderly patients with advanced pancreatic cancer: a real-world retrospective study.

International Journal of Hyperthermia

Small retrospective single-center cohort (n=13) with no comparator arm; safety and pain relief are encouraging but survival outcomes are modest and evidence requires prospective validation.

PreliminaryWuwei Yang Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors Qin Li

Reported

Sample size13

Median age68.0 years

Stage IV disease76.9%

JUN 17, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Small-Bowel Impaction Caused by Mechanical Interlocking Between Duodenal Metal and Biliary Plastic Stents.

Den Open

Single case report documenting a rare mechanical complication without generalizable evidence for practice change.

Hypothesis-GeneratingRyo Sugiura Hiroki Egami Shinsuke Otagiri

Reported

Sample size1

Biliary stent size7-Fr, 9-cm

Duodenal stent size22 × 80 mm

APR 28, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Desmoid Fibromatosis of the Gastric Wall Mimicking Needle Tract Seeding after Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Biopsy for Pancreatic Cancer: A Case Report.

Den Open

Single case report documenting desmoid fibromatosis mimicking needle tract seeding after EUS-FNB, illustrating diagnostic complexity but providing no quantitative evidence.

PreliminaryHidemasa Kawabata Nobue Tamamura Kazuya Koyama

Reported

Primary pancreatic lesion size10 mm

Initial clinical stagecT1bN0M0, Stage IA

Pathologic stagepT3N0M0, Stage IIA