Please help

[Arctickat]

My mom has had problems with diarreah for over a year.  Three days ago she had an ultra sound where a mass 10 cm x 9 cm was found on her liver and a mass that was 5 cm x 3 cm on her pancreas.  She is scheduled for a CAT scan in three more days.  I have secretly been doing research about pancreatic cancer myself and to me it really sounds like this is going to be pancreatic cancer.  Does anyone agree with me?  Please be honest.  Does anyone have any idea of how accurate ultrasounds tend to be in finding masses on the liver and pancreas?  One more question if I can .... What is the quality of life for her thereafter if her tumour is resectable and she indeed has it removed via some rendition of the Whipple?  

[Arctickat]

Thank you for your time to comment.  

[Londres70]

With masses these size it would be difficult to miss them, so obviously the US is accurate.  

I won't recommend "jumping" to any conclusions about what all this means without further testing, etc.  I would think these "masses" need to be biopsied eventually to know EXACTLY what they are in regards to cancer after the CT scan is completed.    

"What is the quality of life for her thereafter if her tumour is resectable and she indeed has it removed via some rendition of the Whipple?"  I am confused about this statement?  Did the physician discuss this with you or what? Or Is this BASED on something you saw on the internet?  Can't imagine a physician telling you this and he/she doesn't even know for sure exactly what he/she is dealing with.