Greetings
Until now, pancreatic and biliary tract diseases, including pancreatic cancer and gallbladder cancer, have been extremely difficult to diagnose and treat, and the difficulty of early detection has been cited as the cause of their poor prognosis. However, endoscopic diagnosis, treatment, and surgery of the pancreas and biliary tract have seen remarkable technological innovation and development in recent years. However, surgery for these diseases is highly challenging, making it one of the most challenging areas of abdominal surgery. While advances in surgical techniques and perioperative management have reduced the incidence of surgery-related deaths and postoperative complications, they remain high. Certified by the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic (HBP) Surgery, a high-level training facility “A” is a facility that performs more than 50 high-level hepato-biliary-pancreatic surgical procedures per year. Our facility is also certified, and high-volume centers tend to have low rates of complications and operative deaths. Furthermore, because it is necessary to provide optimal diagnosis and treatment tailored to each patient's individual condition, including not only diagnosis and surgery but also radiation therapy, chemotherapy, pathological diagnosis, and palliative care, we have recently established Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases Center, where medical care is provided through organic collaboration among the Department of HBP Surgery, HBP gastroenterological medicine, Diagnostic/Interventional Radiology, Medical Oncology, and Diagnostic Pathology under this center, specialists from each department hold regular weekly conferences to provide the best medical care tailored to each patient's condition.
Director of Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases Center
Kenichi Okada
Overview
Department Introduction
Diseases of the pancreas and biliary tract are difficult to diagnose, and many cancers in this area are progressive. Compared to other cancers, this area is considered particularly difficult to treat, and even in recent years, it has been home to cancers with particularly high mortality rates. Our hospital is taking measures to combat this issue, opening Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases Center on April 1, 2024. At this center, relevant departments collaborate and pool their organizational strengths for treatment and research. We provide advanced medical care not only for malignant diseases, but also for benign diseases such as gallstones, cholangitis, and pancreatitis. Please consult us even if you have been deemed difficult to treat at other hospitals.
The role of Pancreatic and Biliary Diseases Center
We provide diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic and biliary tract diseases, education and research on diagnosis and treatment, consultation and information services on pancreatic and biliary tract diseases, and collaboration with other medical institutions.
Diseases to be diagnosed and treated
Pancreatic cancer, intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, bile duct cancer, gallbladder cancer, duodenal papilla tumor, common bile duct stones, gallstone cholecystitis, acute pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis, severe post-pancreatitis pseudocysts and walled-off necrosis (WON), autoimmune pancreatitis, gallbladder polyps, pancreatobiliary maljunction, anastomotic stenosis and bleeding after pancreatobiliary surgery, congenital biliary dilatation
inquiry
Inquiries regarding pancreatic cancer diagnosis
If you are worried about whether you have pancreatic cancer, have high pancreatic enzyme levels, high tumor marker levels, persistent abdominal pain or back pain, or have newly developed or recently worsened diabetes, or if you have been diagnosed with a pancreatic disease and would like to undergo a thorough examination at our hospital, or if you have a family history of pancreatic cancer such as pancreatic cysts, pancreatic duct dilation, chronic pancreatitis, or IPMN, or if you have pancreatic cancer in your first-degree relatives (parents, children, brothers, or sisters) and are experiencing some abnormality such as abdominal pain or back pain, we will make an appointment for a thorough examination after you visit Gastroenterology, so first make an outpatient appointment.
Inquiries regarding pancreatic cancer treatment
For inquiries about clinical trials and second opinions regarding pancreatic cancer, we will connect you to the second opinion outpatient clinic. *We cannot respond to inquiries about specific medical treatment details over the phone, so please first consult your family doctor or consider making an appointment.