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Surgical options for borderline resectable/locally advanced tumors
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Mar 1, 2023 | Replies (63)Comment receiving replies
Hello, I wish you good luck at Mayo Clinic! Hopefully, the endoscopy will show good news that the surgery can take place. In the event that the surgery cannot happen, Sloan Kettering has been working a lot with using high dose radiation on tumors such as your Mom's that are too close to major arteries to operate on- and the great news is that there results so far are showing that survival rates using this level of radiation therapy are very similar to those that get the surgery! If Mayo tells you that surgery is still not possible, I would definitely suggest consulting with Sloan Kettering in New York about this high dose radiation therapy option. I wish you the best of luck!
Please see this link: https://www.mskcc.org/news/high-dose-radiation-offers-hope-people-inoperable-pancreatic
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Thanks for this link - I didn't know about this approach at all. I may bring it up with Dr. Truty when we see him.
Good news today! My mom went for her extra chemo session and her CA 19-9 numbers have come down to 13! So happy that it's still decreasing.
I also have an un resectable mass as its involved with my veins. I had a 2nd opinion with johns hopkins
Im under care at MCI in Miami they are an affiliate of MSK in NY. I had the High dose MRI guided radiation with Dr Michael Chuong in Sept. Im do for scans again next week
as normal. Im very nervous
I will update
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Thanks for the link. I am currently following up with MSKCC and have been very happy with the care at the institution. I go back March 28th and will see how the blood vessels have come along. I know there are many twists and turns from reading about patient experiences, but I am feeling good about my CA 19-9 going from 1750 before treatment to 200 after the 5th. I go back for CT and follow up with the surgeon to see if I have made progress with the involvement of the superior mesenteric vein.