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National Cancer Institute
What You Need
To Know About
TM
Cancer
of the
Pancreas
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health
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You may want to ask your ... of the pathology report?
• If I do have cancer, who will talk with me
about treatment? When?
Staging
If cancer of the pancreas is diagnosed, your doct...
... (extent) of the disease to
help you choose the best treatment.
Staging is a careful attempt to find out the
following:
• how deeply the cancer invades the wall of the
esophagus
• whether the cancer ... You and your health
care team can work together to develop a treatment
plan that meets your needs.
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You may want to ask your doctor these
questions before...
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... the size of the nodule, your
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can work together to develop a treatment plan that meets
your needs.
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Your doctor may refer you to ... When?
10
Staging
If the biopsy shows that you have cancer, your doctor will
need to learn the extent (stage) of the disease to help you
choose the best treatm...
... cystectomy, the urethra needs
time to heal. You ll have a catheter. A catheter is a tube
put through the urethra into the bladder to drain urine.
You ll have the catheter for 5 days to 3 weeks. Your
nurse ... following:
• The location of the tumor in the bladder
• Whether the tumor has invaded the muscle layer or
tissues outside the bladder
• Whether the tumor...
... scan can show cancer that has spread to
other parts of the body.
7
Questions you may want to ask your doctor about tests
■ What did the hormone receptor test show?
■ What did the HER2 test ... stage of breast cancer depends on the size of the breast
tumor and whether it has spread to lymph nodes or other
parts of the body.
Doctors describe the sta...
... spread to other parts of the
body. Also called nonmalignant.
Biological therapy (BY-oh-LAH-jih-kul THAYR-uh-
pee): Treatment to boost or restore the ability of the
immune system to fight cancer, ... outside the
kidney
• Whether the tumor has spread to other parts of the
body
• Your age and general health
You may have a team of specialists to help plan
your tre...
... microscope to check for cancer cells. A
biopsy is the only sure way to know if the abnormal
area is cancer.
If you need a biopsy, you may want to ask the
doctor or dentist some of the following questions:
• ... is
targeted therapy.
The choice of treatment depends mainly on your
general health, where in your mouth or throat the
cancer began, the size of...
... spread to other parts of the
body.
Biological therapy (by-oh-LAH-jih-kul THAYR-
uh-pee): Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of
the immune system to fight cancer, infections, and
other ... treatment, your doctor needs to
know the grade of the tumor (see page 8) and the
extent (stage) of the disease. The stage is based on
whether the tumor has inv...
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