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@golfgirl1
Hi Mary, sounds like you're path is going in right direction. I have "locally advanced" PC at head of pancreas diagnosed in January of this year. Cleveland Clinic (my 2nd opinion) recommended folfirinox for 6 cycles, then reassess. My 1st opinion wanted to do surgery first.
A recent CT showed minimal shrinkage so will continue with chemo thru at least May. They haven't given me a stage at this point. There's a lot of exciting new discoveries in TRIALS. But I understand you don't do a trial and standard therapy - it's one OR the other. So in my case, I'll go as far as I can with trying to shrink tumor thru chemo. If surgery is an option that is curative, then i'll take that path. If surgery not an option, then it's another path. Wish you both God's blessings and a good outcome. Maria

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@meflip Thanks so much Maria, sounds similar to Lynne situation, but her tumor is in the "body" of pancreas, abutting the celiac artery, so goal is same...get thru chemo/fulfurinox for 2nd round, then early june scan and reassess for surgery (would not be Whipple, would be "distal pancreatectomy").
Prayers that you and Lynne both get to successful surgery! 🙂
Mary