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  1. Su Yi on Hope for pancreatic cancer survivors
    Su Yi Su Yi Malaysia says:
    June 26, 2009 at 3:55 AM

    I am residing in Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur), my mum was admitted to hospital on the 18th June for Jaundice and on the 22nd of June, the doctors took her for some scans and confirmed that she had pancreatic cancer. As of today 26th June, they performed ERCP with stent placement on her to alleviate the jaundice and have slotted her in for an operation early July. They mentioned that she can be operated. What are the chances of this operation? My mum is 60 years old.

    I have called up the doctor and they mentioned that they are unable to tell me if the tumor is malignant. They will only know once the operation is done and samples of the tissue taken for test. At the mean time, the doctors mentioned that they found some tumors in the head and neck of the pancreas.

    I am very worried and I know that pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive among other cancers. Once detected, it is in the late stage.

    I hope that you could advice me on what to expect based on my mum’s condition or anything that can help. What is the survival rate of this condition?

    Does pancreatic cancer runs in the family? Will I be prone to this too?

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