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Pancreatic Cancer Group: Introduce yourself and connect with others
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Hello @caryns and welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. It sounds like you have been very proactive in getting treatment for cancer and that is commendable! Second opinions are so very important. I'm sure you are glad for the opportunity to have surgery at Mayo with a doctor who is confident about the Whipple procedure.
Other members of Connect have had surgery for pancreatic cancer and I hope that they can post with you. Here is a link to one of those discussions, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pancreatic-cancer-whipple-procedure/. As you read about their experiences please feel free to click "Reply" under the post if you would like to ask more questions or get more information.
I'd like to invite @marvinjsturing to discuss his surgery with you as well.
I'm just wondering, did the tumor board at the other hospital give you a reason as to why they did not want to do surgery?
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Hi Teresa and Susan! Thanks for the welcome and links. I will check them out.
@hopeful33250 The previous surgeon seemed very enthusiastic about being able to operate when I first consulted with him (post-chemo and pre-radiation). Once I had completed radiation and he consulted with both his surgery group and the tumor board, he concluded that the tumor was unresectable due to the involvement of the hepatic artery as well as the mesenteric vein. He said they did not believe they could get clean margins.