This booklet describes how chemotherapy treatment works, how it is given and how it may affect the patient. Provides advice on coping with side effects. Includes a section about second opinions, clinical trials and questions to ask your doctor and a glossary to explain some of the terms used.
This booklet contains information on the different types of surgery available and practical information about your hospital visit and returning home. It also includes a section about second opinions, clinical trials and questions to ask your doctor and a glossary to explain some of the terms used.
If you live in the UK and have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, you should have your case reviewed at a specialist cancer care centre. These centres have been set up across the UK on a regional basis. Hospitals in a region work together with the specialist centres to try to ensure the best treatment and care for all patients.
Newcastle: The North East’s Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Centre, Freeman Hospital in Newcastle.
Blackburn: The East Lancashire Specialist HPB Cancer Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), Royal Blackburn Hospital within the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Manchester: Surgical centres – Central Manchester Foundation Trust (Manchester Royal Infirmary). Oncology services are provided at Christies NHS Foundation Trust.
Liverpool: The Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary (HPB) Team Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. Oncology services are provided at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
Cambridge: Cambridge Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Cancer Service, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Addenbrooke’s Hospital).
Nottingham: The Nottingham Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) Service, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (Queens Medical Centre).
Stoke on Trent: University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust (City General Hospital).
Birmingham: University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust (Queen Elizabeth Hospital Site).
Coventry: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust.
Leeds: Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (St James University Hospital) Hull: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust Hull Centre (Castle Hill Hospital).
Sheffield: Weston Park Cancer Centre.
London – North West: The hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) unit at Hammersmith Hospital Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
London – North: Royal Free London NHS Trust.
London – North East: Barts and The London HPB Centre (Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel).
London – South East: The Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic (HPB) Service, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
London – South West: Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.
Kent: The Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic (HPB) Service, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
London Oxford: The Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic (HPB) Cancer Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust (Churchill Hospital).
Southampton: Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust Guildford: The Regional Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital.
Plymouth: Peninsula Liver and Hepatobiliary Cancer Centre, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.
North Wales: Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
South Wales: Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Morriston Hospital, South Wales Cancer Network.
Cardiff: Oncology centre Velindre Cancer Centre Swansea: Oncology centre Singleton hospital.
Aberdeen and Dundee: Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and Ninewells Hospital, Dundee [Surgical centres for North of Scotland Cancer Network
Edinburgh: Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh [Surgical centre for South East Scotland cancer network.
Glasgow: Royal Glasgow Infirmary and Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre for non-surgical treatment. [Surgical centre for West of Scotland Cancer Network.
Inverness: Raigmore Hospital, NHS Highland. [Surgical centre for North of Scotland Cancer Network, Highland area.
Belfast: Belfast Hospitals Trust [Surgical centre for Northern Ireland cancer network.
Dublin: National Surgical Centre St Vincent’s Hospitals.
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