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Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic Cancer: Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment provided courtesy of Medpage Today and featuring cancer center member, Michelle Anderson, M.D., Assistant Professor, U-M Department of Gastroenterology

Definition

Pancreatic cancer is an abnormal growth of the cells of the pancreatic duct; the tube that drains the juices made by the pancreas to aid digestion in the small intestine. The pancreas also makes hormones, such as insulin and glucagon. The hormones go directly into the bloodstream to help the body use and store the energy it gets from food. The pancreas is located behind the stomach.

Learn more - this link goes to the U-M Health System's medical information resource, "Healthwise".

Learn about how pancreatic cancer is diagnosed on the Diagnosing Pancreatic Cancer web page.

Learn about how pancreatic cancer is treated at the U-M Cancer Center on the Treatment web page.

Getting Diagnosed / Treatment

Most patients with pancreatic cancer are treated in the Multidisciplinary Pancreatic Cancer Clinic. Read about:

the clinic

the team - this link opens onto the UMHS website

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