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Whipple Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer
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People who have this surgery live for an average of 18 months.Reference 1 This means that some people live longer than that.
In fact, when the tumor is removed with clear margins, 20 out of every 100 patients live at least 5 years.Reference 1
Unfortunately, even with clear margins, pancreatic cancer eventually comes back most of the time.
| By: | Reference Healthwise Staff | Last Revised: March 5, 2012 |
| Medical Review: | Reference E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine | |
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