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Does a change in CA19-9 indicate change in tumor?

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Nov 16 6:14pm | Replies (41)

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@steveron

our son-in-law went to UCI and I have a UCI Dad shirt and hat somewhere. We live in San Diego and if you care to share, where are you?

Kaiser does not cover out-of-network services, so we pay cash for those. We found cancer insurance policies, but none would cover my wife because of the PDAC and she is over 70.

@markymarkfl recently posted about Histotripsy, which is FDA approved to use sound waves to treat liver lesions. Here are info links in case you didn't already have them:
https://histosonics.com/find-edison-provider/
https://myhistotripsy.com/
https://nyulangone.org/news/nyu-langone-cancer-specialists-use-pioneering-histotripsy-technology-noninvasively-treat-liver-tumors
We did not know about this treatment when we met with Dr. Lee last month. @wjk posted this week about his discussion with providers that "the desired abscopal effects from histotripsy treatment have yet to seen in patients with liver lesions secondary to pancreatic cancer." Yesterday UCSD told us it might be appropriate after my wife has had some GA treatments. I'm still confused as to why it couldn't be given now as sound waves are not radiation, and therefore should not affect GA schedule. We will ask again.

Your comments are always on point, helpful, encouraging, and appreciated. Thanks especially for your kind thoughts about my wife, which we echo back to you.

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Thank you for your kind remarks. I live in the OC and in one of the cities that Gov. Newsome has a lot of disdain for - ha ha. Well we know chemo is effective to a point, so maybe her drs want to see how much of an effect chemo will have on those lesions before beginning any other new treatment.