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@gamaryanne were you stage IV when they decided to operate? We were told that was off the table now but although he has had some progression in his liver, the pancreatic tumor has remained stable and his CA19-9 has never been above 400. We struggle to accept he will never be able to have surgery.
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I am sure there are many variables in a surgeon’s decision. Once the cancer has been found in other organs one knows it’s in the bloodstream. Perhaps operating on him is dependent on where his tumor of origin is located in the pancreas. Yes. I was stage IV. It did not happen all at once. It was a sequence of treatments, with Y90 preceding liver resection.