Pancreatic Cancer UK

Hi, I had pancreatic cancer in the body of my pancreas and I think it was about 4cm when they operated. I was 59 at the time of diagnosis on 13 September 2016. I had an endoscopic ultrasound late September and on the 4th October they confirmed I could have a distal pancreatectomy to remove the body ...

Hi Slim I am three and a half years post operation. I had a distal pancreatectomy which removed the body and tail of my pancreas, my spleen, 28 lymph nodes and a resection of my portal vein so a lot of replumbing was required as no doubt was the case with your partner. I can only reply as a patient ...