{"id":2038,"date":"2020-04-05T12:28:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T12:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/location\/uchealth-pancreas-and-biliary-multidisciplinary-clinic-anschutz\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T15:15:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T15:15:49","slug":"uchealth-pancreas-and-biliary-multidisciplinary-clinic-anschutz-cancer-pavilion","status":"publish","type":"uch_location","link":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/uchealth-pancreas-and-biliary-multidisciplinary-clinic-anschutz-cancer-pavilion\/","title":{"rendered":"UCHealth Pancreas and Biliary Multidisciplinary Clinic &#8211; Anschutz Cancer Pavilion"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is a multidisciplinary clinic?<\/h2>\r\nAs treatments for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/diseases-conditions\/pancreatic-cancer\/\"> pancreatic<\/a> and biliary cancer evolve, fewer patients undergo single-modality therapy. Instead, more and more patients are being treated with a combination of surgery, chemotherapy and\/or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/services\/radiation-oncology\/\">radiation<\/a> therapy that involves the expert opinions of specialists in those treatments.\r\n\r\nThis &#8220;multidisciplinary approach,&#8221; a long-established protocol here at University of Colorado Hospital in metro Denver,\u00a0provides patients with the most current, effective, and evidence-based treatments in a single-day appointment, as well as\u00a0the opportunity to meet with the specialists who collaborate\u00a0in his or her care. These specialists might include:\r\n\r\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Surgeons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Medical oncologists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/services\/radiation-oncology\/\">Radiation oncologists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/services\/digestive-health-liver-pancreas\/\">Gastroenterologists<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anesthesiologists (for pain management)<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pathologists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Radiologists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/services\/nutrition-services\/\">Dieticians<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Social workers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research coordinators<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\r\n<h3>Learn the advantages of a multidisciplinary clinic<\/h3>\r\nWe offer advanced diagnostic and interventional endoscopic treatments, traditional and laparoscopic Whipple and Distal procedures, as well as chemotherapy &amp; radiotherapy regimens.\r\n\r\nOnce you are referred to our clinic, specialists review your laboratory and radiologic tests \u2013 and order new tests, if indicated. After you provide a thorough history and get a physical examination, your case is presented to the multidisciplinary team, who design an individualized plan of care that they discuss with you.\n\n\n<h2 id=\"a-pancreatic-cancer-patients-story\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A pancreatic cancer patient&#039;s story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cWe knew we were in the right place.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An MRI revealed the source of Dr. Wayne Munson\u2019s \u201cabdominal discomfort\u201d\u00a0\u2013 a pancreatic tumor. He and his family knew such a diagnosis required a specialist\u2019s attention. As Wayne\u2019s wife Barbara recounts: \u201cWhat comfort it was, meeting the team and Dr. Schulick and in very short order we knew we were in the right place.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2356,"featured_media":7585,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2038","uch_location","type-uch_location","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uch_location\/2038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uch_location"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uch_location"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uchealth.org\/locations\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}