On 3/23/2008 dmf1ny wrote:hello,
this is my first message on this post. they think my mom has pancreatic cancer. does anyone know anything about new york doctors howard bruckner or avram cooperman?
what about this whipple thing they want to do?
as this is extremely new to me, any help is greatly appreciated.
d
If you are from NY you should look into Murray Brennan at Sloan Kettering, he has done the most whipple procedures and is one of the best surgeons. He is #2 in the world for the whipple procedure. Howard Bruckner of Mt. Sinai does and aggressive approach to chemo. My father had pancreatic cancer and was being treated at Cancer treatment center of america in Philly and we were informed after he started treatment there that Bruckner did the same chemotherapy. My father's cancer had spread to his liver. I just want you to know that if your mother disease has spread, be very careful on the chemo treatment you choose, we did the most aggressive which was 4 types of chemo, 2 weeks on and 1 week off. We did not get the outcome we wished because of massive side effects that we did not expect. I do hear great things about Dr. Robert Fine of Columbia Presbyterian, he is an oncologist if you would like to try to contact him.