If the neoplasm is diagnosed as malignant, cancers of the pancreas need to be treated at a high volume pancreas program such as those found at a National Cancer Institute Center of Excellence or a National Pancreas Foundation recommended comprehensive cancer center using a multidisplinary team approach. This is not the type of cancer to be treated at a community hospital or medical center. It requires a GI oncologist whose specialty is cancers of the pancreas.

In Camden is Cooper Medical,Center which is affiliated with MD Anderson. The Cancer Institute of NJ/Rutgers Medical School is the only NCI designated Center of Excellence and has a pancreas program. In Philadelphia, Fox Chase Cancer Institute in NE Philadelphia is an NCI Center of Excellence with a very good pancreas program. Thomas Jefferson University Medical Center in Philadelphia is a NPF recommended center with a noted pancreas program.