Despite advances in cancer treatment, pancreatic cancer still has a poor prognosis and has one of the lowest survival rates of any cancer. The Whipple procedure, also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy, ...

DEAR DR ROACH: I’m a 79-year-old male in reasonably good shape. I am 6 feet, 2 inches tall, and weigh 210 pounds. During a colonoscopy, the doctor noticed that the head of my pancreas was way larger ...

This History Maker article was written by the coauthors in collaboration with Dr. John Cameron and is based on several detailed discussions with Dr. Cameron. The paper focuses on Dr Cameron's ...

The Whipple procedure is most often used to treat pancreatic cancer. Surgeons may also use this procedure to treat some benign pancreatic tumors, especially if the tumor is causing symptoms or is at ...

Edgar Johnson, a former pastor and state missionary living in Rock Spring, Georgia, called his physician in March after losing weight, feeling weak and experiencing pain below his chest cage. Days ...

Pancreatic cancer begins in the pancreas, which is located behind the stomach. It is often difficult to detect early because symptoms typically appear only after the cancer has spread. As a result, it ...

MAJOR STEP IN CANCER TREATMENT. FOR THE FIRST TIME, DOCTORS WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE A MINIMALLY INVASIVE CANCER SURGERY WITH HELP FROM A ROBOTIC SURGICAL PLATFORM. JOINING US THIS MORNING TO TALK ABOUT ...

Surgery has the potential to cure pancreatic cancer if all the cancer can be removed. Patients of Fred Hutch Cancer Center have surgery for pancreatic cancer at UW Medical Center – Montlake by expert ...

I sat across from a hepatobiliary surgeon on a gray October afternoon. “To be frank,” he told me, “we don't know what to recommend in your case. So we default to being conservative. That means a ...