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Stage 2 pancreatic cancer
You may be told the stage of cancer. This describes the size of the cancer, if it has spread outside the pancreas and how far.
Stages of pancreatic cancer
- Stage 1 pancreatic cancer
- Stage 2 pancreatic cancer
- Stage 3 pancreatic cancer
- Stage 4 pancreatic cancer
What is stage 2 pancreatic cancer?
Stage 2 cancer means that the cancer may have grown larger. It may have spread to a small number of lymph nodes near the pancreas. It hasn’t spread to large blood vessels near the pancreas.
Diagram showing stage 2 pancreatic cancer
Possible treatments: You might be able to have surgery to remove the cancer. But this depends on how far it’s spread. You might also have chemotherapy.
Read more about cancer that can be removed with surgery.
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Order our booklet for people just diagnosed
If you have just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and have been told you can have surgery, order our booklet: Pancreatic cancer that can be removed by surgery. A guide if you have just been diagnosed
Published September 2020
To be reviewed September 2022