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Surgery is used when diagnostic test report that pancreatic cancer is still localized or it is possible to remove the entire tumor. Most of surgery treatment is applied to treat cancers in the head of the pancreas. Some of these cancers are early detectable because it block the bile duct and cause symptoms.
There is tree procedures used to removing pancreatic cancer using surgery. They are:
Pancreaticoduodenectomy also known as the whipple procedure. This method is the most commonly used surgery for removing pancreatic cancer from head and body of the pancreas, a part of the stomach, duodenum, small portion of the jejunum, gallbladder, and part of the common bile duct.
This operation carries a relatively high risk of 
complications. About 30%-50% who treat with this operation has experience complications, such as leakage from the various surgical connections, bleeding and infections. It happens because the treatments engage a serious and complicated surgical process.
Distal Pancreatectomy only removes the tail or the tail and a portion of the body of the pancreas. This operation is used more often with endocrine pancreatic cancer.
Total Pancreatectomy, this operation aimed to removes the entire pancreas organ and the spleen. Once the pancreas organ is removed, patients will not be able to produce insulin and this means patients will be totally dependent on injected insulin. There does not appear to be any treatment advantage to removing the whole pancreas organ.
The treatment of pancreatic cancer is depends on the condition of the cancer that can be divided into the following 3 categories. First, it called as localized when the cancer is totally confirmed within the pancreas organ. Second, it called as locally advance when the cancer has spread or extended from the pancreas to nearby organs or blood vessels. And third, it called as metastatic when the cancer totally spread outside the pancreas organs to other parts of the body such as lungs or liver.
The pancreatic cancer can be managed best only when it at localized stage. Once the cancer has 
advanced or metastatic, it would be more difficult to manage. If someone diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the treatment will handled by a team of specialists, including medical oncologist, surgeons, gastroenterologist, endocrinologists, and dietician who decided which treatment option is best to applied.
There are three kinds of treatment for cancer of the pancreas most often: