PHOENIX — New technologies are improving pancreatic cancer treatment, offering hope to patients facing one of the least survivable forms of cancer. The Whipple procedure, a complex surgery for ...
Implementing a new recovery pathway speeds time to next treatment for pancreatic cancer patients by 15 days, without increasing complication rates. Pancreaticoduodenectomy, or the Whipple operation, ...
In this Endo-Sketch, a Healio video series on clinical conditions named after famous colleagues, Klaus Mergener, MD, of the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses the origin of the ...
When John Nowoj was diagnosed with locally advanced pancreatic cancer in August 2019, he was told the cancer was inoperable. Nowoj, 57, began pursuing his only treatment option: chemotherapy to be ...
PHILADELPHIA-Age doesn't necessarily have to be the deciding factor for cancer surgery, Jefferson Medical College surgeons have found. Pancreatic cancer surgeon Charles J. Yeo, M.D., Samuel D. Gross ...