What is the benefit of coming to Georgtown for pancreatic cancer treatment?
The benefits focus on two different aspects of treatment. One is experience because it is clear that not only with surgery but experience with chemotherapy and radiation matters in the management of pancreatic cancer in the outcome. Also, the fact that Georgetown has a multidisciplinary team approach. When you see any one of the members of the team your case will be discussed among the multiple members of the team. Those team members include surgeon, medical oncologists who give chemotherapy, radiation therapy, gastroenterologists who help us make the diagnosis and take care of patients after surgery, and the radiologists who provide us the images to determine whether or not somebody will benefit from an operation. Once a week, we have a multidisciplinary meeting in which pancreatic cancer and other gastrointestinal cancers are discussed. • Personal Note I love what I do, but that is because I get so emotionally vested with my patients. What I get out of medicine is the bonding with pa
