"You never want to ignore something that could later on cause more damage to you," said Dr. David Rahni, an interventional gastroenterologist at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center."What we're trying to do here is find out as much information as we can about a cyst that has the potential - a very small potential - of doing you harm in the future." The five year survivability rate for patients with pancreatic cancer has gone up the past two years, and that's great news.
"Unfortunately, we've made no progress in the last 30 years when it comes to management and prognosis," Rahni said."The best policy or best management is to try to prevent it in the first place, and that's what we're trying to do here." "Most of these pancreatic cysts never turn into anything," Rahni added."Some of them turn into cancer, and what we're trying to do here is understand why and which ones do turn into cancer, so that we can prevent it in the future." "Your pancreas sits behind your stomach, so with the endoscope and ultrasound, we're going to examine the pancreas, see if there are any lesions, see if there are any cysts.
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