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For how long can you expect to live if your pancreas has been removed?
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Uncertain: You can live without a pancreas as long as you take enzymes at meals to help digest foods, and take insulin to treat diabetes that occurs after surgery. The major factor in survival is related to why the pancreas was removed. If it was done to treat pancreatic cancer, unfortunately, many people have recurrence of the cancer that influences their survival.
Answered 8/13/2014
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