My father was diagnosed with cancer of the Pancreas in September last
year. The tumor is surrounded by an infection. Doctors attempted a
Wipple operation in October but could not complete it as the tumor was
too near to the aorta making it too dangerous. They have as yet not
been able to confirm that he actually has cancer but all say the
symptoms point to it. During the operation they removed his Gall
Bladder and connected the gall tubes to his intestine and fitted a
Yamakawa Ptothes which is a tube running from his intestine, through
his liver and exiting through his side. This is used to inject a
solution into the gall tubes to keep them cclear. My question is to
any doctors, patients, relatives of any people suffering similar
cconditions or anybody who has had any experience with this sort of
thing. Firstly, is this tube necessary, is there an alternative and if
my father does not have cancer but Pancreatitis (the tumor has not
grown or spread since it was diagnosed), is there any case history of
people being successfully treated and if so, how and where?

The Pancreas Cancer Discussion group may be your best resource.
http://pathology.jhu.edu/n.web?EP=N&FL=PANCREAS_CHAT

Thank you very much for your help. It was interesting reading the
plethora of useful and potential life saving information available.
Once again many thanks

My mother had pancreatic cancer 3 years ago. She went through all
this, tube, etc...We have tried everything unfortunately nothing
worked for us. The last thing we didn't try because Canadian
insurances did not want to cover the expense, it's radio surgery in
staten island NY (staten Island University hospital). They have a
revolutionnary process to destroy the pancreatic tumors. Call them,
they can help. 1-800-285-4584