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Decided not to have surgery. What’s next?

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: May 5 11:48pm | Replies (44)
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@montyd

My surgeon strongly recommended chemo post surgery… at least 6 rounds of it.

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mayoconnectuser1 | @mayoconnectuser1 | May 4 10:11am

monty,

There are so many reasons a particular course of action is recommended - the surgeon, the center (I am assuming everyone would immediate go to a pancreatic center of excellence since one only gets one chance), the oncologist, the type of pancan, the location, the patient issues ... hopefully not which insurance coverage.

Many surgeons recommend 12 cycles of CHT followed by CRT (radiation) ... some surgeons recommend as much chemo as one can tolerate. Pancan is so awful, almost anything that will kill it is reasonable.

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