As the anatomy instructor pointed out the pancreas from the lower half of the body’s diagram, the students noticed its distinctive shape.

After complaining to his doctor about abdominal pains and weight loss, the doctor believed his pancreas might be inflamed.

Even though my pancreas was functioning normally, my cells stopped accepting the insulin resulting in a diabetes diagnosis.

Removing the diseased pancreas allowed the doctors to place the new transplant into the patient.

Since the tumor was not showing any signs, the doctor struggled with determining whether or not the patient had cancer of the pancreas.