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Has Pancreatic Cancer. Scan Showed Spots On Liver. What Are The Possibilities Of Fatty Tumors?

my sister has pancreatic cancer, she just had a scan done and the surgeon said it had grown and seen 2 spots on her liver. but did not read the report, her reg., oncologist said it could be fatty tumors on her liver. what are the possibilities of this? her diagnosis was on dec 2,2013.
Fri, 13 Dec 2013
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Pancreatic cancers are bad cancers and they are notorious for recurrence. From what you have written, it looks that your sister is progressing. Her cancer is spreading to other parts of the body, the spots might indicate metastasis, that is spread to other parts.
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Has Pancreatic Cancer. Scan Showed Spots On Liver. What Are The Possibilities Of Fatty Tumors?

Pancreatic cancers are bad cancers and they are notorious for recurrence. From what you have written, it looks that your sister is progressing. Her cancer is spreading to other parts of the body, the spots might indicate metastasis, that is spread to other parts.