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Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Dec 30, 2025 | Replies (32)Comment receiving replies
Did you say you are going to get a second opinion at Mayo?
I would recommend asking about all of the options available. Make sure to ask a lot of questions regarding treatment plans and the chemotherapy choices you can consider. Do they offer radiation? If not what’s the reasoning behind it.
In my case, I met with a cancer center and then with Mayo. Neither mentioned radiation.
I did ask the cancer center I consulted with before Mayo about the proton radiation but they said the treatment would be Whipple and chemo. I did not ask why.
For me I would only work with an oncologist specializing in my cancer.
Wishing you the best!
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@azsunshine7 Yes, I did go to Mayo and they said the same thing as my local doctors—-6 months of folfirinox followed by Whipple. No need for me to go back to Mayo because I do not want to do Whipple surgery, either at Mayo or at home. And I didn’t get past the first treatment of chemo. I appreciate your answer that you were told the same thing as I was at both the cancer center and Mayo. I will listen to the radiation doctor, but I am pretty sure I will not do that, either. I’d rather take my chances on feeling as well as I can for as long as I can without any treatment. Even if I went through the treatment, my chances of surviving the cancer are only 30%. Not worth the risk in my opinion. At 84, it’s quality over quantity.