Hello. I am seeking advice regarding my step dad. A suspected mass was found in the head of his pancreas at the beginning of April. The mass had caused him to become jaundice and they said they would need to operate to place a stent and take a biopsy of the mass, which they believed to be cancer after scans showed the size of it.
The operation to place the stent was carried out 4 weeks after discovering the mass. The biopsy was inconclusive so another one was carried out 2 weeks later. With a confirmation of Cancer coming 4 days after the second biopsy, which was the first week of June. We’re now in the 2!; week of July and we still haven’t seen a cancer specialist. All the surgery’s have been done by the gastro department. No one from oncology has spoken to my step dad since the mass was discovered. An appointment was booked for tomorrow, but this has now been cancelled due to an infection in the stent.
We have had various consultants from Gastro and General surgery giving their opinion, one consultant from ICU was nice enough to tell my Step dad that he would be lucky if he had 12 months left. But nothing from oncology, not even an idea of what to expect. My Mum has been on a roller coaster of emotions and I would like to be able to give her some advice
How long should we expect to wait to actually see oncology? Is this kind of treatment and delay usual when it comes to pancreatic cancer?