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Ascites from pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Sep 10 1:00pm | Replies (11)
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@julia725

I appreciate you sharing information to myself and others in this journey. I hope you find comfort in knowing you did so much to help your sister.
My husband is supposed to start Folfirinox in a couple of weeks, after being off of Gemcitabine/Abraxane for over a month since it appears to have stopped working. After reading what your sister went through when she restarted chemo now has me very worried for him. Unfortunately, restarting chemo is his only option other than palliative care.

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markymarkfl | @markymarkfl | Sep 6 9:31pm

@julia725 , Have you looked into clinical trial options? Although the Folfirinox chemo might work better than GA (for a while), it would be good to have the next "out-of-the-usual-SoC-box" step(s) planned. Has he had genetic testing done to identify mutations that might steer him to a specific trial/drug?

And FWIW, palliative care and active treatment are not mutually exclusive. It would be good to have a palliative team onboard already to help with symptom management; that (as opposed to Hospice) doesn't rule out trying to cure/manage the disease.

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