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Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Mar 21 5:31pm | Replies (39)
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I’m tagging @pattyclaire to make sure she saw your question. @cjmchicago. Good question. Patty how are you doing now?
Cjmchicago, have you recently been diagnosed with an intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN)? How are you doing?
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Hello,
Yes, I was diagnosed with an 8mm possible IPMN in the uncinate process a couple of months ago without ductal dilation or concerning features from the CT scan. I am having an MRCP in July to see where things are at.
I am concerned because I have so many GI issues, but everything I read, and the GI doc thinks my GI symptoms and IPMN are not related. I guess I'm also worried because I had 2 abdominal CT scans about 16 months ago and they didn't see an IPMN. It said my pancreas was normal. This makes me think it is growing quickly. I also read so much conflicting information online about IPMN's. Some say it's a 30% chance a side branch will turn into cancer in my life and other studies say my risk is 1-2%. It's hard to know what to believe or how to prepare for this. At 54, I wonder if I should stop putting money into my retirement.