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What you should know about Pancreatic Cancer?
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1) What is the Pancreas?
2) What is Pancreatic Cancer (PC)?
3) What may cause Pancreatic Cancer?
4) Is Pancreatic Cancer hereditary?
5) What are risk factors for Pancreatic Cancer?
6) How is Pancreatic Cancer diagnosed?
7) Where can Pancreatic Cancer spread to?
8) How and why are tumors staged?

9) What questions should I ask?
10) How is Pancreatic Cancer treated surgically?
11) How is Pancreatic Cancer treated medically?
12) How can a vaccine work for Pancreatic Cancer?
13) Is this symptom or side effect unusual?
14) Are there screening tests?
15) How is pain managed?
16) How are diet & exercise affected?
17) What should we expect during the final stages?

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New Information About The Early Precursors to Pancreatic Cancer *
An educational animation by Lauren O'Malley

Nanotechnology and Pancreatic Cancer *
An educational animation by Leslie Leonard, M.A.


Mouse Model for Pancreatic Cancer *
An educational animation by Christian Rose, M.A.

Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine *
An educational animation by Helen MacFarlane, M.A.

The Whipple Procedure

Current Problems in Cancer: Pancreatic Cancer
July/August 2002 • Volume 26 • Number 4
Theresa Pluth Yeo, MSN, MPH, etal.

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Disclaimer: No two patients with pancreas cancer are identical. The appropriate treatment of individual patients with pancreatic cancer varies greatly depending on the patient's medical and surgical history. The information expressed in this Web page is not medical advice. It is meant only to educate health care professionals and patients about the current status of treatment and research in pancreas cancer at Hopkins. Before making any medical decisions, patients with pancreatic cancer are advised to consult with their personal physicians.