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View Post: ORLive, Inc.: Whipple Procedure for Pancreatic Cancer Whipple ...
7 Jan 2008
Whipple Procedure for Pancreatic Cancer. On January 7, 2008, step inside the operating room at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore and watch as H. Richard Alexander, M.D., an internationally recognized surgical ...
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View Post: salut! nancy pants! november is pancreatic cancer awareness month
23 Nov 2009 by juplife  
This meant she had advanced to stage 4 pancreatic cancer. When the scale is out of 5, this was pretty serious. We were very fortunate the doctors did not notice the spread of cancer to her liver when they performed the Whipple procedure ...
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View Post: Leptomeningeal and Brain Metastasis in a Patient With Pancreatic ...
23 Nov 2009 by Tara Iyengar, Ramesh K. Ramanathan, Philip J. Gold  
Leptomeningeal and Brain Metastasis in a Patient With Pancreatic Cancer, 2 Years After Curative Surgery. Tara Iyengar, Ramesh K. Ramanathan. Philip J. Gold. published online 23 November 2009. Uncorrected Proof. Question: A 64 year-old woman was ... A Whipple procedure was performed and pathologic staging was T1N1 with 15/27 regional nodes involved (stage IIB). Adjuvant chemotherapy was administered using erlotinib and gemcitabine for 6 months ending in April 2006. ...
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View Post: whipple surgery for pancreatic cancer - Health Resources - Health ...
9 Sep 2009 by Tiny  
Pancreatic Cancer Treatment – Whipple Procedure at CTCA Skilled surgeons at Cancer Treatment Centers of America are experienced in performing the Whipple procedure, a surgery for pancreatic cancer. Learn about this . -> ...
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View Post: Why does Steve Jobs look so thin? - Apple 2.0 - Fortune Brainstorm ...
13 Jun 2008 by Philip Elmer-DeWitt  
The Fortune article reported – and Apple has not disputed – that his surgery was a variation on the Whipple procedure, or a pancreatoduodenectomy, the most common operation for pancreatic cancer. Nobody who has a Whipple is ever quite ...
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View Post: Whipple treatment side effects causing Jobs skeletal appearance
18 Jun 2008
Fortune magazine author Philip Elmer-DeWitt speculated that Jobs' appearance may have been the result of a special treatment to eliminate his pancreatic cancer. Elmer-DeWitt says Jobs underwent Whipple procedure, much less invasive and ...
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View Post: Blue Country Magic: Praying for Aunt Jenny
10 Nov 2009 by CountryDew  
That's a tough procedure to swing at any age, but it sounds like they found the cancer early enough since she underwent that operation. My mom was gone in three month's time from the pancreatic cancer diagnosis and the whipple wasn't ...
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View Post: Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer
9 Nov 2009 by Cancer Centers  
Surgery may be done to remove all or part of the pancreas. Sometimes it is necessary to remove a portion of the stomach, duodenum, and other nearby tissues. This operation is called a Whipple procedure. In cases where the cancer in the ...
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View Post: Meyers' battle against cancer comes to an end
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13 Nov 2009 by Amena Anderson   ...
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View Post: Informative Medical, Child and Animal Abuse Articles For ...
1 Dec 2009 by DobieMax1948  
At the time of diagnosis, only about 20% of pancreatic tumors can be removed by surgery. The standard procedure is called a pancreaticoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure). This surgery should be done at centers that perform the procedure ... Management of pain and other symptoms is an important part of treating advanced pancreatic cancer. Hospice can help with pain and symptom management, and provide psychological support for patients and their families during the illness. ...
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