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Pancreatic cancer stage 4: Mom moved to palliative care
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Feb 21, 2023 | Replies (34)Comment receiving replies
Keeping you and your Mom in my prayers. I am a Mom and have BRCA. My daughter has it also. She has come from the South Pacific to help me. I am grateful. The first round of chemo with Folfirinox sent me to the hospital. I am now just getting 5-FU and oxyplatinum. I don't feel optimistic about the future, but I am grateful that my daughter is here with me. I know she is distressed, these cancers could be in her future and she has two young children. The spiritual uplift that her presence is bringing to me is keeping me going.
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Hello, while I am not a doctor, I think BRCA has precision medicines that can target the tumor pretty well. You mentioned that you are on Folfirinox. Did you talk to you doctors about any targeted therapies to target your BRCA mutation instead of the standard chemo? There is a medicine called Olaparib that has shown some success with pancreatic cancer driven by the BRCA mutation I believe.