[A case of a patient with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor-producing pancreatic cancer who responded to nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine].

A 67-year-old male patient presented with an irregular mass involving the pancreatic body and tail with multiple liver/lymph node metastases. A biopsy indicated the presence of a poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. Fever and increased white blood cell count, C-reactive protein levels, and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) levels led to the diagnose of G-CSF-producing pancreatic cancer.

Nationwide epidemiological survey of early chronic pancreatitis in Japan.

Background: The world's first diagnostic criteria for early CP were proposed in 2009 in Japan. This study aimed to clarify the clinico-epidemiological features of early CP in Japan.

Methods: Patients with early CP who were diagnosed according to the diagnostic criteria for early CP and had visited the selected hospitals in 2011 were surveyed.