Pancreatic cancer care at Mayo Clinic
Why choose Mayo Clinic for pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Your Mayo Clinic care team
Mayo Clinic experts offer comprehensive care for people with pancreatic cancer through the Pancreas Clinic. Your team may include experts in surgery, gastroenterology, radiology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, laboratory medicine and pathology, nutrition, and other areas if needed. Doctors from these specialties work together with you to understand your specific needs and to provide you with exactly the care you need.
This multidisciplinary approach ensures that you benefit from the experience of specialists in every aspect of your care. Close collaboration among your Mayo Clinic care team members enables them to have your test results available quickly and to coordinate your appointments.
A full range of supportive care, including integrative medicine and palliative care, also is available.
Mayo Clinic doctors have experience caring for people with all types of pancreatic tumors, including pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.
Advanced diagnosis and treatment
Mayo Clinic doctors have access to advanced radiological imaging and other diagnostic tools. Once the diagnosis is certain, your doctor reviews your options and helps you choose the treatment that fits your needs and goals. Your treatment may include chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery or a combination of these.
- Avoiding surgery with the right diagnosis. Pancreatic cancer can be very hard to distinguish from another disease called autoimmune pancreatitis. Autoimmune pancreatitis often can be treated with steroids instead of surgery when it is correctly diagnosed. Mayo Clinic pancreas experts have experience diagnosing and treating autoimmune pancreatitis.
- Basing treatment decisions on advanced imaging. Your Mayo Clinic doctors have specialized expertise in dedicated pancreatic CT, multidetector CT angiography, PET and MRI. These tests help to accurately stage your cancer. They're also used to see whether your cancer is responding to treatments.
- Performing surgery when cancer affect nearby blood vessels. The Whipple procedure or other pancreatic surgeries may still be possible for selected people whose cancer involves nearby blood vessels. At Mayo Clinic, these patients are evaluated by surgeons with experience in complex operations that may include removing and reconstructing parts of affected blood vessels.
- Performing minimally invasive pancreatic surgery. In selected situations, surgeons at Mayo Clinic can perform pancreatic cancer surgery through small incisions using laparoscopic or robotic techniques. For some people, these approaches may shorten recovery.
- Using proton beam therapy. Mayo Clinic radiation oncologists use advanced techniques and technologies, including proton therapy, which focuses high-energy radiation on the cancer while sparing nearby healthy tissue.
Expertise and rankings
Mayo Clinic doctors are widely respected for their expertise in diagnosing and treating people with pancreatic cancer. Each year, thousands of people with pancreatic cancer seek care at Mayo Clinic.
Mayo Clinic doctors care for people from all 50 states and from many countries.
Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center meets the strict standards for a National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer center. These standards recognize scientific excellence and a multispecialty approach focused on cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Mayo Clinic's campuses in Florida and Minnesota are designated by the National Pancreas Foundation (NPF) as an NPF Pancreatic Cancer Center of Excellence. The designation is recognition for high-quality, multidisciplinary care.
Mayo Clinic has been recognized as a top cancer hospital by U.S. News & World Report since it began publishing rankings in 1990. Most recently, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, have been recognized among the top Cancer hospitals in the nation by U.S. News & World Report.
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Dr. Mark Truty (surgery, MN) better outcomes with chemo
Mayo Clinic surgeon Mark J. Truty, M.D., M.S., discusses pancreatic cancer care at Mayo Clinic.
Locations, travel and lodging
Mayo Clinic has major campuses in Phoenix and Scottsdale, Arizona; Jacksonville, Florida; and Rochester, Minnesota. The Mayo Clinic Health System has dozens of locations in several states.
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Costs and insurance
Mayo Clinic works with hundreds of insurance companies and is an in-network provider for millions of people.
In most cases, Mayo Clinic doesn't require a physician referral. Some insurers require referrals or may have additional requirements for certain medical care. All appointments are prioritized on the basis of medical need.
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Please contact your insurance company to verify medical coverage and to obtain any needed authorization prior to your visit. Often, your insurer's customer service number is printed on the back of your insurance card.
Sept. 17, 2026