@bunky2078 thank you for the follow up! Did you do chemo after or did you do it before surgery as well? My mom will do chemo after. We were at first wondering if she should have chemo first but she’s having surgery in less than 2 weeks after we found the initial tumor in her scan so we feel lucky we can do it so soon and if all goes well hopefully she will start chemo in 5-6 weeks.

did they find that your tumor was consistent with the scans or did they find anything new during surgery?

My mom is very active now but she does have a lung and heart condition so hoping this won’t put too much of a strain on her body but we will get her walking as soon as we can.

@bunky2078 do you happen to know what decision criteria is used to determine laparoscopic versus open surgery? I am facing this possibility first half of next year. (Thankfully my distal panc tumor is stable as are all Mets tumors. Currently getting y90 for liver Mets.)