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Biomarker mutations question

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Aug 7 12:06pm | Replies (7)

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@56pan

I am hesitant to reply here, as my medical knowledge is extremely small. I'm in a clinical trial at the NIH for Olaparib use on pancreatic acinar cell carcinoma. PACC is very rare and I learned from talking to the doctors at the NIH that Olaparib is not useful unless a person has the BRCA 2 mutation in their DNA. It has produced some positive results in my liver tumor since I've been on it according to CT scans. I do have the BRCA 2 mutation. I hope this helps in some way and please do some research on the internet to verify what I've written here. And I'm hoping you can find a 2nd opinion from another oncologist.

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“A change in the amino acid residue at position 12 in the GTPase KRas protein where glycine has been replaced by arginine. [from NCI]”. I didn’t get the tempus, but got another type of testing of my tumor after surgery. No one ever explained any of it to me, always found out through the internet and what others have posted on this site. I have the KRAS12D mutation, TP53 and ATM; probably have more mutations by now. @stageivsurvivor and @markymarkfl can give you more complete answers. Also, sounds like ASAP you need to get a second opinion from a pancreatic center of excellence. Which state are you in?