Pancreatic Cancer Support Group

Hi, Mayo Clinic Connect community!I’m Dr. John Stauffer, a high-volume pancreatic surgical oncologist in the Pancreatic & HPB Surgery program at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville,...

If you’re using CREON, has anyone chef the difference in prices from CVS retail and CVC mail order? I paid $190 for a one month...

Is this really the best? How do you handle travel for 45 treatments? Mayo is in Minnesota, about 5 hours from us in Wisconsin.

I was diagnosed 10/22. 12 rounds of chemo and 15 radiation treatments. I’ve been off treatment since last June. My mayo oncologist sees a couple...

Welcome to the Pancreatic Cancer group on Mayo Clinic Connect.This is a welcoming, safe place where you can meet people living with pancreatic cancer or...

Has anyone had Video visits with their oncology doctor (at Mayo Clinic) after their CT periodic CT scans? Wonder if you feel this is as...

My husband is home from Whipple surgery a week ago at Rochester Mayo and doing well—no pain, ambulating well, is eating. Extremely tired, of course....

Hello everyone, I am on Mayo Connect for Prostate Cancer, but i ran into an article about Pancreatic Cancer and i thought to share it...

I had a successful Whipple done in September 2023 and had minimal after-effects (except a hernia that required abdominal wall reconstruction). I am quite lucky...

Hello,…I have to ask for people’s experience and support. I am 68 years old. In June of 2022, during a routine examination (for a hernia)...

My father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer yesterday. His tumor is attached to 2 vessels so the surgeon doesn’t want to operate. Are there any...

Is anyone here on this type of trial? Perhaps at MSK , Mayo, or other?Has anyone made contact with a group sponsoring vaccine trials that...

PET/MRI biomarkers guide personalized treatment for people with pancreatic cancer, study finds - Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center Blog * * https://cancerblog.mayoclinic.org/2022/01/13/pet-mri-biomarkers-guide-personalized-treatment-for-people-with-pancreatic-cancer-study-finds/ * * Some...

I am looking for a direct link to the information for getting a second opinion at Mayo. I cannot find it and all searching only...

My grandson has pancreatic cancer, has had chemo which they took him off because it was the highest dose they could give him, then radiation...

My husband had melanoma 4 months ago. Had surgery. Ctscan today showed melanoma gone, but a spot on his pancreas. He does have diabetes. They...

Does anyone have Mayo’s current success (survival) rates for the various Stages (1 - 4) regarding Pancreatic Cancer? Or put another way, what is the...

Hello, my dad has had 8 rounds of Folfirinox, and initially was told that he was a candidate for surgery by both our local healthcare...

I decided to not have the surgery in which Dr Truty at Mayo was going to remove my pancreas stomach and spleen. I guess I’m...

I had mentioned having the HIPEC procedure in one of the other discussions and there was interest from others in more discussion, so here goes....