Rare and Other Cancers
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My Mother was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
My mom was recently diagnosed. Last week, they attempted to do the whipple procedure. However, were unsuccessful due to the fact that the tumor was on 2 of the arteries. In approx 2 weeks, she will be starting chemo and radiation which will last approx 6 months to hopefully shrink the tumor so it will be operable. Any info…
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failed whipple
my mother had an attempted whipple as she seemed to be a good candidate, but the surgery was not completed due to blood vessel encapsulation. the surgeon did palliative bypasses and closed her up. she now faces 5-6 weeks of recovery and then chemo/radiation is being recommended. all i see in the literature is that…