Whipple Procedure Survival Rate/Pancreatic Cancer Surgery

Dr. Mark Fraiman, expert pancreatic and liver surgeon in Maryland, discusses the general survival rate after a Whipple Procedure on the pancreas. Whipple Procedure prognosis is discussed as well.
To learn more about Dr. Fraiman or the Liver & Pancreas Center of St. Joseph Medical Center in Baltimore, MD, please visit: liverandpancreassurgeon.com

[@gilbertranch1906]

Twenty year Whipple procedure survivor here in Houston, Tx.

[@tubtxawjqeejchannel6684]

Lier

[@duzntmatter5926]

Brenda Gilbert 😊🙏

[@vidhyapalanisamy1441]

This operation is suitable for acute pancreatitis.pancrease juice mixed with blood mild .this operation can help ?

[@suzieq9009]

Congrats I'm happy for you I had the whipple 4 weeks ago I hope to join you as well in a great survival rate I still feel rough but I'm pushing on

[@job4548]

That's fabulous to hear 💗

[@isobelharwood7042]

5 year survivor 😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

[@mikedavies4387]

I had whipples surgery last year then ended up with sepsis my Family got told expect the worse and here i am greatfull to my surgeon

[@wholeNwon]

I recall a lecture presented by a great professor of surgery many years ago when I was in school. It concerned the diagnosis, preoperative evaluation, operative and post-operative care of the pt. undergoing the Whipple procedure together with radiographs, histologic specimens, etc. Finally the pt. himself stood up...some 8 years post op., smiling and waving. One would have thought, based on the radiographs alone, that such a result would not have been possible. Luckily the pt. wanted his surgeon to "at least try".

[@samuelfrank6483]

Congratulations Brenda on your survival! Fellow Houstonian here also. I Had the whipple in 1993 at Loma Linda University Hospital in CA. as I was turning 40 years old. I am greatful for the gift of life! I have seen my 3 children become parents and bless my wife and I with 7 grands!

[@jojones5863]

6 year pancreas cancer survivor after whippel and thc.

[@mikeholleywood1733]

My father got diagnosed a month ago hoping we can get through this, glad you all are still fighting god bless

[@bardowesselius4121]

Great to see surviving for so long. I had the Whipple surgery here in the Netherlands a few months ago, at age 45. This gives me hope.

[@ammoramoor3372]

I wish you good health always, my dear , but can you please give me some tips about your diet after whipple procedure??

[@Reach41]

Very sorry to hear you are having such a tough time of it. I have a friend who went through it about 3 months ago as well, and he is doing fine, although I'm unaware or what stage he was in or any other details. Getting this disease is such a rip off. I wish you well, and will keep you in my thoughts.

[@lynmeri]

A close family member just passed away today from post Wipple Surgery .... May he R.I.P 🙏🙏🙏 ...Thank You for the info Dr.

[@asutoshbiswal6625]

Why ??is he serious during the procedure

[@f.davisson69]

Hi, I'm a survivor I was 5 yrs old when I had this, Im not in my 50s When I was in my 20s I had a blockage that caused another surgery So far I have been ok

[@SixthEstateAZ]

This should be archived

[@job4548]

My 75 yr old Mum had this operation 8 weeks ago, she also had a massive hernia to repair, most of her stomach & pancreas had gone through, the operation took 12hrs! She is still in hospital having set backs with infections. I keep being told she is doing well but she is nil by mouth & on a picc line for nutrition. Hospital rules due to covid-19 is no visitors, she is very depressed & doesn't feel like she will ever go home 😭

[@Sicilia928]

I'm so very sorry.

[@Murat-eq3cr]

She is good now ?

[@MrCenriquer]

Hello Community please pray for my mother who just had a whipple surgery 9 days ago.......

[@as680783]

Hi MrCenriquer I'm in England and had a Whipple surgery on the 17th April. I'm now back home but still have two drains attached, which will hopefully be removed next week. They say it can take 4-6 months to start feeling anything like pre-Whipple, so patience is key in this game. The Whipple is complex major surgery and taking small baby steps with plenty of rest of is important. I had a lot of complications in the days after my surgery: Stage 4 kidney failure, pancreatic fistulas, extremely low BP, and a wound infection that saw me back in hospital for 2-weeks. All these issues are commonly seen and can be dealt with swiftly back by MDTs so I had full confidence they'd sort it. You don't mention anything about your mum having any issues, so if she's nine days out of from surgery I'd say she's in a good place and the longer she goes the less likely she'll encounter such complications. I'll pray for your mum, but it seems God has her in good hands.

[@MrCenriquer]

@@as680783 amen thank you so much. wish you a speedy recovery

[@marcim5143]

I had an 8 hour Whipple on 4.26.16. Stage 1B but hadn’t spread anywhere, including all lymph nodes removed were negative.It was in the head found accidentally because of cat scans looking for something else that turned out to be a hidden UTI. In the scans the Pancreatic Duct went from a 2 to a 6 dilation in 3 cat scans. Was in hospital 11 days. I was to have 6/months of radiation and chemo that took close to 8 months as my body didn’t handle the chemo well. April 26 I’ll have survived two years . I get Cat scans with dye every 3 months. My November 19, 2017 came back possible early recurrence so had to wait 6 weeks for another CT with contrast dye and was back to NED. I was adopted as an infant and therefore don’t know my background but I also had breast cancer in February 2013 requiring two lumpectomies and 32 radiations. So two major non related cancers in two years. So though I’ve excellent care I fear for my odds. I can’t eat anything without taking a Creon pill of either 24,000 or 36,000 units. I live in fear of not being in the 9% still here in 5 years.

[@InfidelInfidel-rc7xd]

Marci M hey Marci, I’m sorry you have to go through this. I’m sure life isn’t fair to good people. Hang in there

[@marcim5143]

Infidel81 Infidel81 🤗💜

[@TheBoomshine]

Please think positive thoughts, and spread your love far and wide. Anything is possible in this crazy life.

[@dawnanwachi2022]

Prepare for the worst but keep hoping for the best. That is all we can do. I am almost 2 years post surgery and only took a few chemo. I couldn't handle it, so my life is in God's hands...but then again it always was. One day at a time!

[@sumanthakurchakraborty391]

V good ...Now how r u??

[@superbob1548]

10 year Whipple survivor.. Stage 2b , Positive Lymph nodes..any more Questions.. please ask .. God Bless.

[@Rajeevraj1995]

Can i ask que? What was you TNM staging? Did it came back?

[@suzieq9009]

Fantastic and praise God I'm 2 year survivor so far but now they see something I'm believing it's not anything God is my refuge in times of trouble

[@as680783]

Praise the Lord! I'm a S2b patient in England. I had the Whipple in mid-April '24. I got 2 positive nodes from 18 with large clear margins. I'm 53 and pretty fit, so even if the stats say I've got 20%-30% chance of being here in 3-years I'm made so much more hopeful when I see comments like yours. 10-years (hopefully 11 or 12 years now) is a huge milestone - Congratulations! I wish you many more healthy cancer-free years ahead.

[@superbob1548]

12 YEARS THIS JUNE.. CHEERS ALL 😇👍

[@bardowesselius4121]

Great to see this. Gives me hope. I just had my Whipple a few months ago, at age 45. Trying to recover right now, it was really heavy. The diagnosis, chemo and surgery.

[@mikezak3473]

I appreciate this video, however I note it is 12 years old. Has the survival rates / data changed?

[@ravimodi79]

Hi Doc.. informative video..thanks for posting..my brother just got thru Whipple's for Periampullary Neoplasia..the histopathology report reads as follows: 1) Whipple's Pancretoduodenectomy - Adenocarcinoma ( NOS) - G2 pT3 pN1 pMx - All margins are free - 2/19 lymph nodes show metastatic tumour deposit 2) Gall bladder : within normal limits. what looks like his chances of cure / survival?

[@matthewd.1474]

Ravi Modi So how is he????

[@chrislong590]

I have a question about pancreatic cancer in general that I cant seem to find an answer online. Im an ER and Trauma RN, and my mother was dx with stage IV pancreatic cancer in july 2021 at 62 years of age. She also had a mets to the omentum, ans striations in the liver. She underwent chemo, and responded well. She had radiation also, and a ct post radiation showed a stable tumor size, and the met to the omentum is gone. (Dec. 2022) Her CA 19-9 is rising rapidly, but a surgeon is ordering a PET and another CT prior to partial pancreatectomy. My questions are: 1. why was initial ct reported as tumor in the head, and now the tail? Im sure it didnt pick up and move 2. Why was surgery not done initially, and only after chemo and radiation? 3. No follow up PET had been done before surgeon ordered it. 4. Will a partial pancreatectomy after the ct and pet extend her life at all? 5. What is the typical course of pancreatic cancer? Example: it typically goes to liver, and that's toward the end? Brain? Not much is on internet about her course.

[@Renvaar1989]

Girlfriends dad just had whipple surgery. It's early days but the statistics are quite freigntening. I'm wondering though, if after whipple surgery the caner remains in some form, what are the options? Is further surgery an option?

[@MrCenriquer]

Hello Dr has there been any advances since you uploaded this video?

[@GaetanoGB]

Well good luck to them. For some people it might worth it....

[@jamespelton2921]

Just reached ten year survival of pancreatic adenocarcinoma stage 2b,node negative,clear margin and tumor size 2cm at its greatest dimension.Whipple surgery and lots of chemo and chemo radiation.Mass General Hospital was just incredible for the surgery and the ten years of followup.Do think I set a guinness world record in that I was back running 21 days post whipple.For any of you who is reading this and have been diagnosed Im sending you some some positive energy.Stay very tough mentally and push away any negative people.Im not anyone special and I have become a survivor and so can you!God Bless you and you are in my thoughts and prayers Jim the Marine(70 now)

[@kashmirpurelove1]

@@jamespelton2921 please update present situation

[@Happydogue]

What if you don't have cancer?

[@wadeaminute]

I had beggar procedure and now cannot eat without terrible pain and bowel problems. I’m on TPN so don’t eat now but even drinks give me so much pain :

[@job4548]

So sorry to hear you out come, I hope as time passes you improve I'm so so worried about my Mum :(

[@youugoo22]

Based on your hand written slides, I can see you put a lot of time and effort in this presentation 🤣

[@randyrogers8568]

I guess he never learned to type anything. Like power point.

[@brianbrehmeyer3929]

I wonder what the numbers are now, at the end of 2019.

[@satyajitdowari6320]

my mother's whipple procedure done 45 days ago. She has trouble in digestive system. Doctor said she needs radiotherapy and perhaps chemo...

[@ewc58]

Best wishes to her and you Sir, I hope she's doing better now

[@suzieq9009]

I hope she is much improved now I'm on 4th week after surgery

[@kashmirpurelove1]

@@suzieq9009 are you okay now

[@suzieq9009]

@@kashmirpurelove1 still have some digestive problems and they are going to do biopsy I had chemo after surgery

[@kashmirpurelove1]

@@suzieq9009 which stage u had

[@dangela4]

So why put patients through such a traumatic surgery when prognosis is potentially 25 months or less? Seems irresponsible!

[@detroitbaby161]

Angela Zuknick a

[@hansabhundia2849]

Doctors tried to do their best. My husband btother had pancreatic cencer and wipple surgery done.but after 4 months in scan showed it sprayed in his blood main vessel. He died on 8 January this year. Now my husband had the same thing and done whipple surgery in February and had straight chemotherapy. For 4 months. In scan after four month's now it has cleared.if whipple surgery was not done he would be dead by now.i thank to the surgeons who did opratation in royal free hemstead. ....Thanks.

[@Schrecken]

25% is better than 0%

[@wendycampbell2451]

I would rather have those odds.

[@jecrispy8217]

It all depends on how much you're willing to do to live... we're all going to die anyway, some people want more time.

[@Reach41]

Because there is a potential 20% chance for complete cure.

[@GaetanoGB]

I went through the Whipple 3 months ago and I regret the whole thing. I still have a lot of excruciating internal pain, disgorging food on a regular basis, having a hard time figuring out what to eat that will stay in my stomach. At the time I didn't have insurance and the treatment I got was despicable!! For the very same reason I refused to go back for Chemotherapy.I rather expire if that what waits for me,, I just wish it wouldn't come with this much pain. Good luck for that 20% who make it!

[@flowerofheaven]

GaetanoGB my mom have it,,,they have suggested to chemo+ radiation and then surgery,,,,what is ur advice

[@tripleko.3ko]

How about you? Please let me know Thanks

[@dawnanwachi2022]

my heart breaks...it is terribly hard on all of us, but sounds like you are going through it worse than most.

[@reyrey2913]

How are you now

[@kashmirpurelove1]

@@flowerofheaven your mom is okay or not please update

[@GaryFowler2906]

Juicing (and drinking)5 lbs of carrots daily would probably be a better option

[@krisbelenky5512]

Not! sure way to die

[@williamnowlin5038]

Juicing not a better option. 8 year Whipple Survivor. Exercise daily eat healthy, fast occasionally( use Autophogy to my advantage ) all the past 8 years after Whipple, I work everyday to continue to be a stage four pancreatic cancer survivor. Their are no options to just sit around and do nothing to fight this awful disease. Lost my wife three years ago to colon cancer. Scared enough to not take every day seriously. I have kids and grandkids to live for as well as myself. Never give up, Never give up and finally never give up. One day at a time!👍🤙😎🍀❤️