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Anyone start with pancreatic cysts that were thought to be malignant?
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Oct 27 10:45pm | Replies (27)Comment receiving replies
New patient -- I just completed a distal pancreatectomy and spleenectomy along with removal of my gall bladder. The initial diagnosis was a cyst on the tail of my pancreas which was only found on MRI following an ultrasound for my gallstones. Had my GI doctor not ordered the MRI, who knows. So, following MRI, had a CT scan with and without contrast. 5.5 cm pancreatic cyst on the tail. Completed surgery on 5/29/24. Biopsy showed one lymph node out of 23 as positive so I will need chemo. All of the tests; and my surgeon is one of the best out of Memorial Sloan Kettering in NY, he was almost 100% sure it was going to be benign or pre-cancerous. So next week I will get the appointment with the medical oncologist for chemo. Most of these cysts will come back benign or pre-cancerous, but at least I am stage 1 which is amazing.
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That’s encouraging that surgery was done. My husband had a mass on pancreas 1-1/2 yrs ago but we were told to leave it and monitor by mri. 9 months after last MRI mass in pancreas has grown to 6CM .Also spleen ,& spots on liver they say 99.9% cancer
Had a EUS biopsy 2 weeks ago. Came back not usable. Having a liver biopsy done this Friday. Finally convinced to do blood work 19/9 tumour markers are 120,000! We seem to be going in big circles. We have appointment with oncology at cancer clinic next week I have contacted myself a Hepato/Pancreato/ Biliary surgery group as we want to know if surgery is possible with chemo. The group is triaging his case Our GP did not want to refer but I insisted GP says treat with chemo and if we can’t get a biopsy pallitive Does this seem right?