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Pancreatic Cancer Peritoneal Metastasis
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Nov 13 5:32pm | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
No pain with mine. I'm on Gem + Abrax + Cisplatin (for ATM mutation), and it has kept my tumors (2 on the post-Whipple pancreas and several in peritoneum) under pretty good control for about 14 months. Much better CA19-9 response for me than I got on 12 rounds of pre-Whipple Folfirinox, and much more tolerable.
(Disclaimer: Some folks, at least 3 in this forum, have had severe adverse reactions to G+A. It's a very small % of the total on it, but if you're concerned, you might ask your oncologist to start with a lower than normal dose, or one drug at a time before combining them, to see how you react and allow you to adjust.)
Will you be on a biweekly infusion schedule, 3 weeks on + 1 week off, or other?
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Hi and yes it is currently scheduled for 3 weeks on and 1 week off. My Dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer stage 2 (tumors in head and tail) in Nov 2022 at Hoag in Newport Beach. He had a Whipple in Dec 2022, then switched his care to City of Hope in Irvine did six months of 5 FU chemo followed by daily radiation and chemo for six weeks. Then 6 weeks later a single tumor was seen in his peritoneum so he did another 5 weeks of daily radiation. That ended March 20th this year. But he’s been having severe pain so he had a CT done and it’s showing Mets in his liver and peritoneum. But he’s having a lot of pain in his abdomen . I’m hopefully this new chemo will help reduce the pain as it targets the tumors. That you for sharing the above! Very much appreciated!