Well, I know my Dad would have gone for this - though only to increase his chances of being around to look after my mother. As it turned out, however, his cance

Well, I know my Dad would have gone for this - though only to increase his chances of being around to look after my mother. As it turned out, however, his cancer was too far progressed by the time an operation could be scheduled. For anyone in that situation it's worth looking into "NanoKnife" [1] as this seems to have bought him a couple of years more than we might have otherwise expected. He outlived my mother with pretty good QoL. Pancreatic Cancer is swift, so at least in terms of the odds, 25% chance of five years with Whipple is quite good compared to no action. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreversible_electroporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreversible_electroporation