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Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Apr 23 1:34pm | Replies (72)
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@jerrya My thoughts are that I have more questions. Here is kind of what I am thinking. So the cells were described as atypical and nothing else? Where are those atypical cells? The Whipple is typically used to address issues in the head of the pancreas yet your husband has an atrophied tail? I am just trying to make sense of things with you. I feel like I am missing something or don't understand something. What are your thoughts?
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Yeah, questions! The “mas” is in the head of the pancreas. They’re thinking it’s causing a blockage which has caused the tail to atrophy and the pancreatic duct to dilate 3 times normal. But still, after 3 biopsies, nothing has even whispered cancer. Supposedly false negatives can be as high as as 25%. Also the mass is adjacent to the SMV - not attached, but biopsies have been difficult.
And nothing more than atypical cells’