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Pancreatic Cancer Group: Introduce yourself and connect with others

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@ivy1951
Hi, feel like we are going through something very similar. My husband was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer July 2023, had an emergency whipple in Sept and the started chemo in Nov 2023 Folforinox. Did well until May 2025 when a small nodule was seen in his lung. Fast forward to Feb 2026, he now has a pleural effusion due to lung nodules and is scheduled to start chemo again in a week with Gem and abraxane.
We are trying to remain as hopeful as possible that this will treatment will help with the nodules.
Hopeful that thi

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Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Mar 18 7:21pm

@pd65, welcome. You may be interested in the discussions where members are talking about gemcitabine+abraxane, like these ones:
- Who else has had Gem-Abraxane chemo regimen and for how long?
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/chemotherapy-regime/
- Any experiences with Gemcitabine + Abraxane as second line treatment?https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/gemabrax-as-second-line-treatment/

How did the first treatment go? How are YOU doing?

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