Re: Whipple

I've been looking into it too. His tumor size is 3 cm. We won't know DNA of
tumor since he has had no biopsy and biopsy is probably not warranted. We
need to know what Hoover's surgical mortality rate for pancreas resection is
and how many he does per year.

-Rod
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vicki Lynne Morgan"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:28 AM
Subject: Whipple


> Called Dad this am and he's excited (as you know)
> about the prospects for this procedure.
>
> Here is a site that features info he might like to see.
> If you download you might wish to take it with you
> today.
>
> There is no mention of age as related to survival
> percentage. Do you know the size of the turmor, dna,
> diploid, etc. as noted in the article?
>
>
> vl

- posted by Rodney B. Murray, PhD @ 1:53 PM