Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center experts at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., and Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Md., have vast expertise in managing all types of pancreatic cancers. Part of the Skip Viragh Center for Pancreatic Cancer, our specialists work for a prominent center in the diagnosis and management of pancreatic cancer, leading other institutions in novel therapies, innovative clinical trials and training the next generation of pancreatic cancer experts.

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Groundbreaking Research

Pioneering pancreatic cancer research at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center includes refinements to the Whipple procedure, a complex pancreatic cancer surgery; and the first blueprint for pancreatic cancer that maps all the mutations in known human genes linked to cancer.

Johns Hopkins’ pancreatic cancer researchers have long been working toward new therapies. One in development is a pancreatic cancer vaccine. More recent trials have combined the vaccine with a drug targeting a protein on the surface of pancreas tumor cells. Other work aims to create vaccines tailored to the unique molecular characteristics of each patient’s cancer.