Bob Rudnick is doing well after the detection and removal of a large cyst on his pancreas. “I’ve been lucky,” he says.
RWJBarnabas Health and the Cancer Center at Saint Barnabas Medical Center, together with Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey—the state’s only NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center—provide close-to-home access to the latest treatment options. To learn more, call 844.CANCERNJ or visit www.rwjbh.org/beatcancer.
PROACTIVE STEPS AGAINST PANCREATIC CANCER
CATCHING AND EVALUATING GROWTHS ON THE PANCREAS CAN SAVE LIVES.
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t his routine physical exam in the fall of 2019, Bob Rudnick’s weigh-in showed that he had lost 13 pounds. The weight loss was unexplained, and his primary care physician was concerned. “He suggested I see a gastroenterologist,” says the Fairfield resident. “I’m lucky he did.” An endoscopy and CT scan revealed
that Bob, 82, had a cyst on his pancreas. That generated another referral, to a surgeon with expertise in pancreatic cysts and the risks they pose: Russell Langan, MD, Chief of Surgical Oncology and Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery at Saint Barnabas Medical Center and surgical oncologist at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.
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