Pancreatic Cancer (DRAFT)

Pancreatic cancer targets the pancreas, an abdominal gland essential for digestion. Common symptoms include nausea, bloating, fatigue, jaundice, and decreased appetite. Early detection is challenging, leading to lower survival rates.

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At Phoebe Cancer Center, our expert team is committed to developing a specialized treatment strategy for pancreatic cancer. This approach merges cutting-edge medical findings with your unique preferences and requirements.

 

Types of Pancreatic Cancers We Treat:

Pancreatic tumors primarily fall into two categories:

  • Exocrine tumors: Adenocarcinoma forms in the cells lining your organs and is the most prevalent, constituting over 90% of all pancreatic tumors.
  • Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs): These make up less than 10% of pancreatic tumors and are sometimes referred to as islet cell carcinomas.

Treatment

Typically, treatment options encompass surgical procedures, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.

Our Team Approach

Phoebe Cancer Center’s expert care team of skilled surgeons, radiologists, and nurses will help guide you through the treatment and post-treatment healing process. Our full team approach to cancer care, means providing a highly collaborative effort to deliver comprehensive cancer care to our cancer patients. This multidisciplinary approach engages a range of providers across our care community, to ensure we look at every angle for each patients’ unique case.

For more information, please call:
229-312-7124

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Cancer Support Group

At times, we just need to be with a group of people who truly understand the concerns and celebrations we face on our cancer journey.

Our Survivorship Support Group generally meets on the 1st Thursday of the month at noon.

Please call 229-312-1000 to confirm this month’s schedule or to get more information about our cancer support groups.