Severe abdominal pain was one of the first signs of pancreatic cancer for Paula Rowland. She ignored it for months. After ...

Medically reviewed by Scott Sundick, MD A Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy) is a complex surgery involving several procedures during one operation. It is often performed to treat pancreatic ...

The American Cancer Society estimates that 67,400 Americans will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer this year and nearly ...

the treatment for pancreatic cancer includes surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy but over 80 per cent of people are diagnosed too late for potentially curative surgery [Whipple] because ...

(A) Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography image of a T1 pancreatic cancer. The white arrow indicates ... Intraoperative photograph of a Whipple procedure with resection and end-to-end ...

Pancreatic cancer involving the celiac artery often requires an Appleby ... Evans DB, Christians KK, Tolat P. Pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple operation) and total pancreatectomy for cancer. In ...

It is performed to treat pancreatic cancer localized in the end of the pancreas, but may also be used for chronic pancreatitis, pancreatic pseudocysts, and injury due to trauma. When the disease ...

Approximately 30% of pancreatic cancer patients present with locally unresectable disease with no evidence of distant metastases. Local control in this patient population can provide effective ...