Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor that may cause jaundice (yellow skin and eyes) and pain. It has a very aggressive growth pattern and must be treated by experienced physicians. Pancreatic cancer requires a coordinated treatment plan that includes surgery, 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.

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) - Whipple, distal pancreatectomy, central pancreatectomy, laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy..
• Extended lymph node dissection
• Preoperative chemotherapy and radiation for tumor downstaging (shrinking)
• Vascular resection and reconstruction for arterial and venous involvement.

• Outcomes in surgical oncology
• Cell-saver autotransfusion in surgical oncology
• Biobanking of tumor tissue for molecular research
• Developed advanced multimodality therapies in pancreatic cancer with combined radiation therapy and Gemzar
• Pancreatic cancer vaccine therapy