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Success of new treatment for pancreatitis

OSAKA, Japan - Toshinori Ito, professor at Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, holds a press conference in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 21, 2013. Doctors at Osaka University Hospital in July successfully removed a chronically inflamed pancreas from a pancreatitis patient before separating the organ's insulin-producing islets and transplanting them back into the patient, marking a new form of treatment, Ito said.

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World's 1st pancreatic islet transplant from live donor starts

KYOTO, Japan - A woman in her 50s is carried to an operation theater at the Kyoto University Hospital in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Jan. 19 to undergo an operation to transplant clusters of cells from her pancreas to her daughter in her 20s.

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Former Tokyo police chief Tsuchida dies at 77

Former Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) chief Kuniyasu Tsuchida died of cancer of the pancreas Sunday morning at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. he was 77. During Tsuchida's more than 19 years at the MPD, many sensational crimes occurred, including the 1968 robbery of 300 million yen in Fuchu, western Tokyo, and a series of bombings of company buildings in 1974.

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, alongside Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, alongside Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, alongside Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, alongside Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, alongside Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, alongside Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, alongside Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, alongside Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, alongside Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Jose Carreras performs during the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Jose Carreras performs during the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

Queen Letizia of Spain attends the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Visit Portugal - Lisbon

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center on September 27, 2021 in Lisbon, Portugal. The new Botton-Champalimaud Pancreas Cancer Center is a unique unit in the world whose mission is scientific research and treatment of a disease that threatens to become, within two decades, the second cause of death from cancer in Europe and the USA. Photo by Archie Andrews/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World's 1st pancreatic islet transplant from live donor starts

KYOTO, Japan - A woman in her 50s is carried to an operation theater at the Kyoto University Hospital in Kyoto's Sakyo Ward on Jan. 19 to undergo an operation to transplant clusters of cells from her pancreas to her daughter in her 20s. (Kyodo)

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Former Tokyo police chief Tsuchida dies at 77

Former Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) chief Kuniyasu Tsuchida died of cancer of the pancreas Sunday morning at a Tokyo hospital, his family said. he was 77. During Tsuchida's more than 19 years at the MPD, many sensational crimes occurred, including the 1968 robbery of 300 million yen in Fuchu, western Tokyo, and a series of bombings of company buildings in 1974.