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Having a scan this week to see if I have pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Mar 27, 2023 | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
My scans this week showed an adenocarcinoma in the pancreas. Waiting to imminently have this and the spleen removed. In England
In US is this done by laparoscope or is it by opening you up ( laparotomy) which I'm due to have ?
Very shocked and scared by it all . Now a new member of the C club
No one has mentioned creon to me - should I be taking it now ?
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My husbands was in the tail of pancreas and had it done laparoscope. It was well tolerated-no cutting open from outside.
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martinisaacs,
In the US, as elsewhere, this is normally an open procedure. There are some major centers and surgeons who do this laparoscopically.
Laparoscopic Whipples seeem to have lower infection rates, but the overall survival rates don't appear to be different.
What is important is the surgeon and the center being in the business of doing Whipples.