Pancreatic endocrine tumors are rare tumors that may produce excess hormones (causing high blood sugars, low blood sugars, ulcers) and sometimes are cancerous. They require a coordinated treatment plan that includes surgery, and rarely chemotherapy and radiation therapy. It is very important that the proper lymph node surgery be combined with the surgery, and that surgery be done by doctors that frequently treat tumors of the pancreas.

Names of those who treat pancreatic endocrine tumors:

Dr. Kelly McMasters Clinics and times USA office, 601 South Floyd, Suite 700 -- Friday mornings James G. Brown Cancer Center -- Tuesday mornings Clinic Contact: Pam Boone 583-8303
Dr. Robert Martin Clinics and times USA office, 601 South Floyd, Suite 700 -- Monday mornings James G. Brown Cancer Center -- 1st and 3rd Monday afternoons Norton Medical Plaza, Old Brownsboro Crossing -- 2nd and 4th Monday afternoons Clinic Contact: Traci Hayat 583-8303
Dr. Charles Scoggins Clinics and times USA office, 601 South Floyd, Suite 700 -- Thursday mornings James G. Brown Cancer Center -- 2nd and 4th Monday afternoons Norton Medical Plaza, Old Brownsboro Crossing -- 1st and 3rd Monday afternoons Clinic Contact: Anna Barnes 583-8303

• Pancreatic resection (surgery)
• Extended lymph node dissection
• Combined pancreatic and liver surgery (when the tumor has spread to the liver)

• Outcomes in surgical oncology
• Cell-saver autotransfusion in surgical oncology
• Biobanking of tumor tissue for molecular research