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@barbchar63

I am a 75 year old female. My cancer started in 1999 where I had my left kidney removed due to cancer at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. I did quite well for several years, but in 2008 we found a tumor in the head of my pancreas. The kidney cancer had metastasized to the pancreas. I returned to Mayo Clinic and had a Whipple Surgery where they removed the head of the pancreas, my gall bladder, and the duodenum. in 2013 another tumor was found near where they had cut off the head of my pancreas. I returned to Mayo Clinic again and they cut off another inch of my pancreas to remove the tumor. In 2018 we found another tumor in the tail of my pancreas. We waited for a year to do anything as our last daughter was planning her wedding. When we learned about a treatment to kill the cancer we decided to go for it. In May of 2019 we again returned to Mayo Clinic and saw Dr Levy. He performed a Upper Endoscopic Ultrasound and saw that I actually had two tumors instead of one. He performed an Electrical Ablation to the first tumor. I returned in June and he treated the second tumor with an Electrical Ablation. I returned again in October and he treated the second tumor and felt like he had killed all the cancer. I returned in November to Mayo Clinic and they just looked around the pancreas to see if I looked clear of cancer. In August 2020 I had another CT scan and it showed that I have another tumor near the two that I had ablated in 2019. Has anyone had Kidney cancer in the pancreas and had a complete pancreatectomy? i am desperate to talk to someone that has had similar cancer that isn't pancreatic cancer. I am thinking about having a pancreatectomy but want to talk to someone who has experienced the same thing.

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Hi @barbchar63, welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. You've had quite the journey. While @marvinjsturing doesn't have kidney cancer that has metastacized to the pancreas, he does know the feeling of cancer returning.

You may also be interested in this discussion with Marvin, @luckyone4321 @kjrita and others
- Total Pancreatectomy https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/total-pancreatectomy/