Despite advances in cancer treatment, pancreatic cancer still has a poor prognosis and has one of the lowest survival rates of any cancer. The Whipple procedure, also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy, ...

WARMINSTER, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- On Friday, NFL Hall of Famer wide receiver Randy Moss revealed he is battling pancreatic cancer. In a post on Instagram Live, the 47-year-old Moss said the tumor was ...

Q: What is Whipple disease and is it treated with a Whipple procedure? A: Whipple procedure (also known as a pancreaticoduodenectomy) is named for Allen Whipple, a surgeon who in the mid-1930’s ...

DEAR DR ROACH: I’m a 79-year-old male in reasonably good shape. I am 6 feet, 2 inches tall, and weigh 210 pounds. During a colonoscopy, the doctor noticed that the head of my pancreas was way larger ...

In this Endo-Sketch, a Healio video series on clinical conditions named after famous colleagues, Klaus Mergener, MD, of the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses the origin of the ...

The Whipple procedure is most often used to treat pancreatic cancer. Surgeons may also use this procedure to treat some benign pancreatic tumors, especially if the tumor is causing symptoms or is at ...

Randy Moss, NFL Hall of Famer and legendary wide receiver, revealed on Instagram that he is a cancer survivor after undergoing surgery and spending six days in the hospital. Diagnosed with cancer near ...

A robotic Whipple procedure at MSK stopped Chris Scott (in Greece with his wife, Kathy) from developing pancreatic cancer. When Chris Scott met with his urologist in January 2022, he thought they’d ...

A 53-year-old homemaker from Bhubaneshwar in Odisha underwent a complex and difficult robotic Whipple surgery to remove a tricky tumour in her pancreas, which was life-threatening. It all started when ...

A: Whipple procedure (also known as a pancreaticoduodenectomy) is named for Allen Whipple, a surgeon who in the mid-1930’s pioneered an operation to remove the head of the pancreas, part of the ...