This week's artwork was donated by Jaclyn, a pediatric cancer patient who received treatment at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia . The staging system for pancreatic exocrine cancer continues to evolve. However, in order to communicate a uniform definition of disease, knowledge of the extent of the disease is necessary. Cancers of the pancreas are commonly identified by the site of involvement within the pancreas.
Surgical approaches differ for masses in the head, body, tail, or uncinate process of the pancreas.
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