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@mcoplien

8/10/2023 - stage II found on a routine PET scan for something else - asymptomatic
6 month of chemo - FOLFIRINOX 12 treatments - last couple reduced.
Surgery 2/23/24 - removed 1/2 pancreas, Spleen and 26 lymphnodes -
No sign of cancer for the last 4 scans. (a year) But now CA 19-9 is now elevated. (186)

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Mar 13 7:42pm

@mcoplien, it's always frightening when CA19-9 shows higher levels. Have you had further testing? Any news?

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joiedevivre | @joiedevivre | Mar 16 10:28pm

My husband's scans also clear the last 4 times (done every 2 months) but markers climbed from normal range to 140 since Dec 2024. He had an infection at first but the markers did not come back down after. So doctors ordered an MRI this week. While the scans generally are more important than the CA19-9 markers, doctors said better to look for cause of the rise than wait-and-see if it comes back down.

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