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Pancreatic Cancer Q&A with Dr. Stauffer, Mayo Surgeon: May 29

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@kofarmer

I am 57 years old with stage 4 adenocarcinoma diagnosed 10/24. Started standard of care 11/24 and switched to a clinical trial 2/2025. I have 2 questions:
1. Does procedures outside the standard of care disqualify you from clinical trials?
2. I have vein involvement with primary tumor(pancreas). Would I be a possible candidate for your non-invasive procedure?

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John Stauffer, MD | @johnstauffermd | May 29 12:59pm

Each clinical trial have their own inclusion and exclusion criteria but all of them will have concessions that would allow for alternating the treatment plan (or leaving a trial) if a more effective method would become available.

Each case is highly unique, but we generally have a surgical treatment plan if the tumor is localized, not metastatic, and has shown good biology even if there is vein or arterial involvement.

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