Second opinion, rare interventional radiology procedure save stage IV pancreatic cancer patient
When retired geologist and author David Allard was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer in August 2020, his local doctor told him he had less than six months to live.
“I was only 62 at the time,” David recalls. “I hadn’t had any symptoms. And I’d always been very fit and active. So, I couldn’t accept that prognosis.”
The Texas Hill Country resident sought a second opinion at MD Anderson. Gastroenterologist...
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