Pancreatic Disease

I Acute Pancreatitis.- 1 Acute Pancreatitis: Mechanisms of Cell Injury - Genetics.- 2 Events Inside the Pancreatic Acinar Cell in Acute Pancreatitis: Role of Secretory Blockade, Calcium Release and Dehydration for the Initiation of Trypsinogen Activation and Autodigestion.- 3 Immunologic Mechanisms in Acute Pancreatitis.- 4 Mechanisms in Cellular Injury.- 5 Acute Pancreatitis: Bacterial Translocation and Pancreatic Infections.- 6 Staging and Early Nasolateral Feeding in Acute Pancreatitis.- 7 Acute Pancreatitis: Medical and Endoscopic Treatment.- 8 Surgical Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis.- II Chronic Pancreatitis.- 9 Chronic Pancreatitis: Do Different Etiologies (Alcohol, Obstruction) Invoke Different Mechanisms.- 10 Exocrine Pancreatic Secretion, Pain, and Malabsorption.- 11 Intestinal Transit of Chyme and its Regulatory Role: Clinical Implications.- 12 Treatment of Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Chronic Pancreatitis.- 13 Mechanisms of Fibrosis and Potential Antifibrotic Agents.- 14 Mechanisms of Pain and its Medical Management, Including Neurolytic Treatments.- 15 Endoscopic Treatment of Pain and Complications of Chronic Pancreatitis.- 16 Surgical Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis.- III Cystic Fibrosis.- 17 Genetics and Molecular Pathology of Cystic Fibrosis.- 18 Treatment of Gastrointestinal Manifestations in Cystic Fibrosis.- 19 Is Idiopathic Chronic Pancreatitis Cystic Fibrosis.- IV Pancreatic Cancer.- 20 Growth Factors and Transcription Factors in Pancreatic Cancer.- 21 Biological Approaches to the Therapy of Pancreatic Cancer.- 22 Pancreatic Cancer: Preclinical Development of an Experimental Treatment Strategy Using Retinoids and Interferon-alpha.- 23 Aspects of Radical Surgery for Exocrine Cancer of the Pancreatic Head.- V Epidemiology.- 24 LessonsLearned about Pancreatitis and Pancreatic Cancer from Epidemiological Studies.