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Severe side effects from chemo and choosing to continue or not
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Oct 20 8:43am | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
I would ask the oncologist three very specific questions: What additional benefit do you realistically expect from treatments 8–12? What are the risks given how poorly he tolerated the first seven? And could the treatment be reduced, modified, or stopped rather than choosing simply between full treatment and nothing?
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Thanks so very much for taking the time to thoughtfully respond! Our oncologist did answer these questions. His opinion was that there would be little to no benefit to continue treatment. It could possibly be detrimental rather than helpful. He also said that my husband probably got most of the benefit in the first 7.And less reduced strength or longer time in-between was not beneficial in effect. My husband needed to hear it from somewhere else as well. I know it was prompted by fear to do 1 more. I showed him your respond and after more thought, he said that he decided to stop chemo, like he needed permission to make that decision. I thank God for you caring for your fellow partners in pancreatic cancer. 💞