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"People will tell you nobody beats pancreatic
cancer. I'm here to tell you they're wrong."
When Helmut was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in ƒ, he faced a
grim prognosis. Because pancreatic cancer is typically advanced by the
time it's discovered, Š‹ percent of patients die within the Œrst year. The
Œve-year survival rate is only six percent.
Helmut's best hope was an operation called the Whipple Procedure. But
it involves so many vital organs and takes so much skill that very few
surgeons will even attempt it.
Winthrop-University Hospital o"ered Helmut everything he needed. Under
the direction of renowned surgeon Dr. John Allendorf, Winthrop has had
great success with liver and pancreas disease by using a team approach.
Dedicated physicians from multiple specialties work together to provide
continuous care from diagnosis to survivorship. Helmut had chemotherapy
and radiation to shrink the tumor, then the Whipple Procedure.
Today Helmut is back riding his bicycle and walking his dogs – and he's
cancer-free. All thanks to a world-class surgeon, his highly skilled team
and Winthrop's commitment to a better kind of cancer care. To learn
more, go to winthrop.org or call --WINTHROP.
