Hanford's top cop back at work Jul 26, 2008
Hanford Police Chief Carlos Mestas is back at work after undergoing a pancreaticoduodenectomy, more commonly known as the "Whipple procedure." (Apolinar Fonseca/The Sentinel) ... "The best option, according to the doctors, was a pancreaticoduodenectomy, more commonly known as the "Whipple procedure. (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Exceptional care? Once the domain of people with financial resources, more and more people are taking on quests to find the best health care Jul 24, 2008
The complicated and rare Whipple procedure for pancreatic cancer, for example, has a fivefold higher death rate in hospitals that rarely perform the surgery than in those whose surgeons do it a lot. If I were having my appendix out, or a hernia repaired, I d go to a community hospital, Roper says. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Steve Jobs: Life after the Whipple Jun 15, 2008
The Fortune article reported - and Apple has not disputed - that his surgery was a variation on the Whipple procedure, or a pancreatoduodenectomy, the most common operation for pancreatic cancer ... The Whipple procedure, named for Allen Oldfather Whipple, the American doctor who perfected it in the 1930s, is a complex, Rube Goldberg-type operation in which surgeons remove the right-most section, or head, of the pancreas - as well as the gallbladder, part of the stomach, the lower half of the... (CNNMoney.com)
Pathologist sued over testing error in 1999 May 20, 2008
Ms. Roy said the misdiagnosis was detected after her second surgery, a major operation known as a Whipple procedure. Her doctor didn't detect any cancer during the surgery, so he asked for a review of Ms. Roy's original biopsy. (Globe and Mail)
Surgery improves pancreatic cancer survival Jun 16, 2007
Improvements in Whipple procedurePart of the problem likely is lack of access to centers experienced in doing the surgery, Talamonti said ... Nearly all patients who survive many years have an operation called the Whipple procedure. (MSNBC -- Health)
Helpful cancer surgery ignored Jun 15, 2007
Nearly all patients who survive many years have an operation called the Whipple procedure. This seven- to eight-hour surgery includes removing most or all of the pancreas, part of the intestine, the gallbladder and part of a bile duct. (SunSpot.net)
Many Patients With Operable Pancreatic Cancer are Not Offered Surgical Treatment Jun 14, 2007
"This finding goes back to a previous perception that the Whipple procedure [also known as pancreatoduodenectomy, during which surgeons remove the head of the pancreas, the first portion of the small intestine (duodenum), part of the bile duct, and sometimes a portion of the stomach] was worse than the disease. But over the last 10 to 15 years, there have been unequivocal data that the operation is associated with improvement in quality of life and survival when done by experienced surgeons. The... (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Pancreatic Surgery Riskier For Obese Patients Jun 2, 2007
Nearly half the patients underwent a classic Whipple procedure, in which the gallbladder, common bile duct, lower part of the stomach, all of the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine) and the head of the pancreas are removed. Others underwent a pylorus-preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy, in which the head of the pancreas is removed. (Science Daily)
John Rodda Looks to His Faith and His Family to Keep Going During Cancer Treatments Mar 11, 2007
Rodda, who was diagnosed by Watson Clinic doctors at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, underwent a Whipple procedure at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa ... On Aug. 8, Rodda, who was diagnosed by Watson Clinic doctors at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, underwent a Whipple procedure at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa ... According to Johns Hopkins, the five-year survival rate for patients who underwent a Whipple procedure at Johns Hopkins University is near 25 percent. (The Ledger)
Pancreatic Cancer Surgery 5-year Survivors 65 And Up Live Nearly As Long As Anyone Jan 12, 2007
Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia reviewed the records of 890 patients with pancreatic cancer who underwent the standard pancreaticoduodenectomy, or Whipple procedure, which entails the removal of the gallbladder, common bile duct, part of the duodenum, and the head of the pancreas, between 1970 and 1999 at Johns Hopkins University. They identified those who lived for five years, and compared those who... (Science Daily)
Outcomes Improve for Pancreatic Surgery Patients Over 65 Jan 12, 2007
The researchers reviewed the records of 890 pancreatic cancer patients who had a Whipple procedure, which involves the removal of the gallbladder, common bile duct, part of the duodenum, and the head of the pancreas. Of those patients, 201 (23 percent) lived five years after surgery. (Health-Finder)
New combination therapy after surgery improves survival for pancreatic cancer patients Jun 5, 2006
Surgery to remove this type of tumor, along with the entire pancreas head, part of the small intestine and other nearby tissue, is called the Whipple procedure. Researchers also found that although gemcitabine lowered patients' white blood cell counts, and consequently their ability to fight infection, oncologists could manage this side effect, and most of the patients were still able to complete the chemotherapy and radiation treatments. (EurekAlert!)
