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Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Mar 29 1:40pm | Replies (13)
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Did your dr. suggest testing to see if you have that bio marker? My present GAC treatment is bringing down my CA19-9 numbers, but an ultrasound showed the growth in the peritoneum is still growing. My MRI today will show how accurate the ultrasound is. I will post if my drs advise any new treatments if it turns out I have the Claudin 18.2 marker. By the way, are your CA19-9 numbers decreasing yet?
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My onc did not (yet) suggest getting tested for CLDN18.2. He only mentioned it several months ago as something possibly targetable in a future trial at his site. It's rather frustrating to only get tested in a onesey-twosey fashion for things like that, and only get information about trials open at his institution. If more info were available now, I could much better research opportunities and make plans for the near future, and with less risk of running out of banked tissue to test.
My CA19-9 reversed its upward trend (upward ~150% after missing one treatment due to covid) and came down by 1% after resuming. I will have my second post-covid treatment and a new CA19-9 data point this Thursday.