Surgery
The type of surgery you need depends on where the cancer is in your pancreas. Find out about the different types of surgery for pancreatic cancer, what happens before surgery and how you might feel after your operation.
Types of surgery
Get information about the difference between surgery to remove pancreatic cancer and surgery to relieve symptoms.
Going into hospital
Find out about what you need to take in, what to expect and how to prepare to make it less stressful.
Preparing for surgery
What happens before surgery, the people you’ll meet and the exercises you need to do.
Surgery to try to cure
Your guide to the different types of surgery to try to cure pancreatic cancer.
Surgery to relieve symptoms
Surgery can help relieve symptoms of pancreatic cancer including jaundice and a blockage in the bowel.
On the day
Find out what happens on the day of surgery, including about having an anaesthetic.
After surgery
Find out about what happens in the few days and weeks after surgery for pancreatic cancer.
