What Happens If Your Pancreas Is Removed? Your pancreas is a gland organ located in your abdomen, below your ribcage and behind your stomach. It produces essential hormones and enzymes needed to break down your food and digest it. Your pancreas also produces insulin to moderate your blood sugar levels. But what happens if your […]
Pancreatic Cancer Clinical Trials
By Dr. Mark Fraiman on July 26, 2018 in Pancreas, Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis, Pancreatic Cancer Treatment, Pancreatic Disease
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most challenging cancers to treat, and also one of the deadliest. Every year, nearly 49,000 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in the United States. More than 39,000 patients die of the disease annually, making it the fourth deadliest cancer. Difficult to detect, fast-spreading and virtually symptom-free until late stages, pancreatic cancer […]
What Happens If You Develop Bile Duct Cancer or a Transection Injury
Bile duct cancer is a rare, aggressive form of cancer that develops in the bile duct system — a series of tubes beginning in the liver and ending in the small intestine, responsible for transporting bile to digest fats and break down foods. While the exact cause of cancer in the bile duct transfer area […]
Why a Second Opinion on Liver Cancer Is Important
When you receive the worst news and are trying to process your liver cancer diagnosis, your mind may be jumping ahead to everything you’ll need to understand about your condition, what your treatment options are and how to develop the best plan of action for fighting against cancer — or perhaps you’re still in a state […]
Liver Resection Surgery
When you receive the diagnosis — liver cancer — you want to know everything you can about your condition and your options to develop the best plan of action for treatment and recovery. Tumors in your liver can be aggressive and life-threatening, so the best way to approach the cancer is often aggressive in return, […]
Tumor Reduction Options
When you hear the worst — that you’ve been diagnosed with cancer — you want to know as much as possible about your condition so that you can understand what’s going on in your body and plan a course of action. You want your best treatment option and your best chance of recovery. A tumor […]
Cancer Care Packages
“How can I help?” is likely the first question on the minds of family and friends of a person who is diagnosed with cancer. They all want to make the situation better, but they don’t know how to go about it. While you may not change the diagnosis of your loved one, there are steps you […]
Why Is a Second Opinion on Liver Cancer Treatment Important?
When you’ve just received a liver cancer diagnosis, it’s entirely reasonable to question your treatment plan. What if your physician doesn’t have all the right answers? What if another doctor would recommend a different treatment option? You can only expect to be comfortable with a course of treatment when you understand everything there is to […]
Things to Consider When Starting Cancer Treatment
The thought of suffering from cancer of any kind is difficult for anyone to swallow. However, the most important thing to understand is that cancer is not a death sentence, and life doesn’t cease once you receive a diagnosis of the condition. The best thing you can do is to focus on improving your health […]
Getting the Most out of Your Health Insurance After a Cancer Diagnosis
By Dr. Mark Fraiman on April 27, 2018 in Liver Cancer Diagnosis, Liver Cancer Treatment, Pancreatic Cancer Diagnosis, Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
When you receive a cancer diagnosis, figuring out the finances can be stressful and, at times, overwhelming. You may be wondering: Can I afford cancer treatment? Will my health insurance cover cancer treatment, or should I consider other options? And, if I don’t have coverage, where do I start? We’ve put together this guide to […]