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Has anyone been able to have surgery for tumor in the tail?

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@judyainwilmette

I’m sorry for the late response; I just saw this now. I had a tumor in my pancreas tail that was removed at Mayo Rochester on 12/1/23. Prior to that I had 11 rounds of 5FU locally (Chicago area) and then did 3 weeks of chemo radiation at Mayo. Then about 6 weeks later had the surgery. The surgeon also removed my spleen, gallbladder, and some cysts on my pancreas. They checked 11 lymph nodes and all were clear. Margins clear too and NED. My only regret is that I wish I had started at Mayo earlier. They had tests that Chicago hospitals didn’t.

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vlny2018 | @vlny2018 | Aug 30 10:32am

Thank you for your response. We had an interview with an oncologist at Mayo, and surgery is not on option. No research trials are open at this time for the issues my husband has with this cancer. The treatment he is doing is shrinking the cancer, but it was decided, with the oncologists counsel, it may be a better quality of life if we spread out the treatments to every three weeks instead of evert two. There maybe a trial open for him in January. So, we are praying we get that chance.

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