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Recent diagnosis: Have questions about treatment options?

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: 22 hours ago | Replies (57)
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@mrajat

Thanks for sharing Ashley! Wow, you were even younger than me at diagnosis. How long has it been for you and how are you doing now?

Did you mean to say you would advocate adjuvant even when borderline ressectable? That seems to be the case for me since there the tumor is overlapping pancreatic head and bile duct and close to the portal vein. There is some lymph node involvement but it's not clear and the two surgeons have differing opinion about it.

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ashley2235 | @ashley2235 | Dec 10 10:47am

I was diagnosed in August 2022 and had total pancreatectomy with major vascular reconstruction at Mayo in July 2023. I am currently doing very well and had clear scans just last week at Mayo.

In regards to chemo, I was saying that I would absolutely advocate for chemotherapy both before and after surgery. Even if found to have clear margins during surgery. In my opinion, the more chemo the better. And chemo after surgery can help prevent recurrence by killing off micrometastasis.

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