FOR PATIENTS · SOURCE READING

Surgery

Source: Childhood Pancreatic Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version, National Cancer Institute.

Source updated: February 19, 2021 · Captured 2026-09-09.

Selected source text with whitespace normalised. This Triangle page is not an NCI PDQ summary. Independent clinical review is pending.

Context: Treatment Option Overview / Three types of standard treatment are used:

Surgery to remove the tumor is used to treat most types of pancreatic cancer. For cancer in the head of the pancreas, a Whipple procedure may be done.

Source links and citations

Surgery
tumor
pancreatic cancer
pancreas
Whipple procedure

Preserved source evidence · Independent clinical review pending · Not medical advice