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IS WHIPPLE PROCEDURE THE CURE FOR PANCREATIC CANCER?

Writer: University Cancer CentersUniversity Cancer Centers


A pancreaticoduodenectomy is another name for the Whipple procedure. Most cancer patients know what is a Whipple procedure as it is the most common surgical treatment for pancreatic cancer that has spread to the gland’s head. In this procedure, the pancreatic head, duodenum, and a section of the intestine, gallbladder, and accompanying lymph nodes are the organs that are being removed.


 
 
 

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