The Whipple procedure is the main operation for cancer in the head of the pancreas. Here is what is removed, what the ...

Using targeted radiation during surgery—referred to as intraoperative radiation—to eliminate pancreatic cancer cells that have spread to areas around the pancreas, investigators at Johns Hopkins have ...

Should patients with operable pancreatic cancer go straight to surgery or receive systemic therapy first? While surgical resection remains the only potentially curative option for pancreatic ductal ...

Surgery has the potential to cure pancreatic cancer if all the cancer can be removed. Patients of Fred Hutch Cancer Center have surgery for pancreatic cancer at UW Medical Center – Montlake by expert ...

Dr. Benjamin Jon Golas explains that surgery, chemotherapy and radiation form the foundation of curative-intent treatment for patients with pancreas cancer. Dr. Benjamin Jon Golas of Hackensack ...

Everyone’s experience with pancreatic cancer is different. This pancreatic cancer progression timeline shows how symptoms, treatment, and care may change over time. Your treatment plan depends on ...

Pancreatic cancer's neoadjuvant debate is no longer about whether systemic therapy matters. It is about when to give it. The field is split between clinicians who view preoperative treatment as the ...

Surgery alone offered improved survival and a potential cure for select pancreatic cancer patients. Clear surgical margins and negative lymph node status were essential to better survival. The ...

The only treatment that has the ability to cure pancreatic cancer is surgery. Being told that surgery isn’t an option can be heartbreaking. But the decision isn’t so simple, and in some cases, there ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that Stanford Medicine is now providing daraxonrasib via expanded access in advance of FDA approval. It’s not often that a new pancreatic cancer ...

Explore new and emerging treatments for pancreatic cancer, including targeted therapies, immunotherapies, and TTFields, ...

Researchers have identified a promising new target in the treatment of pancreatic cancer. A new study in The American Journal ...