Lana Brandt had a strong family history of pancreatic cancer. After experiencing several bouts of pancreatitis, she learned that she carried a genetic mutation that increased her risk of pancreatic cancer. As a means of pancreatic cancer prevention, experts at Johns Hopkins removed her pancreas and spleen using a minimally invasive technique. They then performed an autoislet cell transplant to help her body continue to produce insulin after surgery. Learn more at hopkinsmedicine.org/surgery/div/hepato_pancreato_biliary_surgery

Learn basic information about the pancreas and pancreatic cancer from leading experts in the field. Dr. Margaret Tempero, Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and Dr. George Fisher, Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, provide a general overview of the disease, types of pancreatic cancer, and treatment options.

Teri shares her family's story about her father's diagnosis with pancreatic cancer and his death in less than three months after diagnosis. Her father had always lived a healthy life, ate a good diet and was physically active. Teri noticed he looked ill and took him to UCLA where he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She helped him search for options but learned he was past the point of surgery. Chemotherapy had no good outcome, in fact his tumors doubled. Shortly after, Teri's father died. She met Agi Hirshberg, founder of the Hirshberg Foundation, who talked with Teri about her experiences. Teri dove into work with the Foundation; it actually became her therapy as she says. She helped the Hirshberg Foundation plan events to raise funds for pancreatic cancer research and started a charity in her father's name to support further investigation and help spread awareness about this disease. Teri states, "My passion is that no one should go through what my dad did. He was gone in under three months; this should not happen to anyone. I had no knowledge of pancreatic cancer, but learned more than I need to know. In the last eleven years we've come a long way, but we are nowhere near where we need to be. I'll continue to fight till we find that cure."

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This 3D medical animation created by Nucleus Medical Media shows pancreatic cancer, a disease that begins in the pancreas. The animation begins by showing the normal anatomy and physiology of the pancreas, including the structure and function of exocrine cells. as well as that of groups of endocrine cells, called the islets of Langerhans. The pathophysiology of pancreatic cancer is portrayed, focusing on the formation of an exocrine tumor, called an adenocarcinoma. Multiple treatments are depicted, including three surgical procedures: the Whipple procedure (pancreatoduodenectomy), total pancreatectomy, and distal pancreatectomy. Other treatments are shown, including external beam radiation therapy (EBRT), brachytherapy, systemic and regional chemotherapy.

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