Guide To Understanding Pancreatic Cancer Stages

Resectable Tumors

Many pancreatic cancer patients will hear their oncologist talk in detail about their tumor and how it can be treated. One of the common terms used to describe pancreatic tumors is ‘resectable.’ Resectable tumors are those that surgeons can remove in their entirety through surgery. Patients have a resectable pancreatic tumor if their tumor is only in their pancreas and has not spread. In addition, the tumor must not tough the portal vein, superior mesenteric vein, celiac axis, superior mesenteric artery, or hepatic artery. Resectable tumors are often found in the early stages of pancreatic cancer, since this is when the cancer has not spread.

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