Articles by "Dr. John Brems"

Dr. John Brems
Dr. John Brems

Dr. John Brems‘ is the director of the Center for Advanced Liver and Pancreatic Care at Elgin-based Advocate Sherman Hospital and specializes in the surgical treatment of liver and pancreatic diseases. Over the years, he has performed thousands of liver transplants, major liver resections and liver-heart transplants. He helped create the center, which opened in 2011 and offers progressive procedures and techniques to treat a wide range of liver and pancreatic cancers and diseases.

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Chronic Hepatitis C: Hope for the future 
Chronic Hepatitis C: Hope for the future
Early detection and treatment allows the best chance of a cure.
What does ‘benign’ mean? 
What does ‘benign’ mean?
Scans of the abdomen can come back showing a liver tumor, but more often than not, these tumors are benign and don’t require further treatment.
Colon cancer treatments making strides 
Colon cancer treatments making strides
Hear from a physician on why this cancer can have a high cure rate if detected early.
Deaths due to pancreatic cancer on the rise 
Deaths due to pancreatic cancer on the rise
This type of cancer is extremely lethal. Here’s what you should know.