Dear All,
My mum has recently had the whipple procedure to remove cancer in the pancreas area. The operation went well, and she is recovering well. Luckily we had the best surgeon in the UK, and that made a massive difference. When the surgeon removed the tumour, it was touching a vessel, and he couldnt confirm that there was no cancer cells on the vessel. Normally they liked to be able to have a distance of a few millimetres between the tumour, and the vessels to confirm it is all removed. He believes that he did remove it, but like all surgeons will not confirm it is the case.
I do have some questions that I would love if you guys could help me.
1) Can pancreactic cancer come back after the whipple procedure?
2) What treatment can be done on the pancreas area to get rid of any possible cancer cells around the area? I have heard of something called SIRT, can this be done?
3) During surgery, the surgeon found a milli cancer cell on the liver. Does this mean she has secondary cancer on the liver from the pancreas?
4) Can she have a liver transplant to avoid liver cancer? The surgeon believes that cancer in the livid is imminent, so, we would maybe look at SIRT on the liver, or maybe a transplant.
I would appreciate any help you guys can give.
Regards
Jamie