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Dr. Horacio Asbun

What does stage IV mean? Dr. Horacio Asbun, Surgical Oncologist with Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, explains with an image how a stage IV pancreatic cancer looks like. Family history, diet, obesity, and smoking are risk factors of pancreatic cancer. Dr. Horacio Asbun, Surgical Oncologist with Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, discusses these and other factors, such as race, gender, and pancreatitis. What makes a pancreatic cancer resectable or borderline resectable? Dr. Horacio Asbun, Surgical Oncologist with Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, explains the meaning of resectable and borderline resectable, and if is it better to take the tumor out. What is the Whipple procedure? Has it been around for a while? Dr. Horacio Asbun, Surgical Oncologist with Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, talks about the Whipple procedure and the different procedures they can do to treat pancreatic cancer depending on the location of the tumor.

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