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I'm back: increasing CA19-9 was accurate indicator of recurrence.
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Feb 10 4:20pm | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
@bceg1969 and @ncteacher ,
Have either of you consulted with or done research into Dr. Christopher Wolfgang at NY Langone (formerly of Johns Hopkins)?
He is supposedly one of the best when it comes to surgery with complicated vein/artery involvement.
(I qualify that with some understanding that it pertains to "locally advanced" tumors, not those with distant metastases.)
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I have heard of Dr Christopher Wolfgang
I am keeping his name in my notes
Still trying to stay with my oncologist's treatment for now but thank you for his name that I do already have
A name for the future possibly
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I haven't consulted with anyone on that. I was diagnosed as stage 4 because the surgeon who did the staging laparoscopy saw flat lesions in my abdomen. He had already rejected surgery because of the blood vessel involvement, but the lesions put the icing on the cake. As a result, surgery and radiation are out for me; the cancer is too widespread. Fortunately, so far I'm responding well to chemo, so hopefully that'll hold things off for a good long while.