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Hello @jenray and welcome to the Pancreatic Cancer discussion on Mayo Clinic Connect. I so appreciate you advocating for you aunt. This must be difficult for her and to have caring family looking out for her must give her comfort.

I see that you want to find a hospital that specializes in this type of cancer. The medical institutions that you have mentioned are all good ones. I understand the wait time is hard to envision if her diagnosis is pancreatic cancer. I would recommend that you find an oncologist who specializes in pancreatic cancer. Here is a link to the National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation website, https://www.npcf.us/support/. Listed here is a Helpline phone number. Next week, you might consider calling and see if they have a referral to a pancreatic cancer specialist in your area.

You mentioned that your aunt will be having a EUS next week. I'm wondering if her doctors have done a pancreas blood work that would show pancreas function? I look forward to hearing from you again. Will you let me know about the results of the EUS and if you have made any decisison on follow-up treatment?

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Thank you! I will let you know what we find out. Just skimming through these boards has already been so helpful.

She is currently seeing an oncologist, but not one who is a pancreatic specialist. The area she lives in is fairly rural. She would have to go about 5 hours to get to a major hospital, 3 hours to get to a major airport, so we are definitely going to need to have her travel.

And I will look at her bloodwork again to see if there is anything about pancreatic function. There is so much to learn.