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Surgical options for borderline resectable/locally advanced tumors
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Mar 1, 2023 | Replies (63)Comment receiving replies
Dr. Truty said he’s comfortable with us getting chemo radiation done at home, but he set up an appointment with one of the radiation oncologists at Mayo. He said they can provide us with their recommendation so we can get everything done locally!
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The reason I asked about CRT location - my sister returned to our small city to have it done. I don't know whether it really would have mattered, but there were differences in equipment - and timeline.
Mayo, if I recalled was three weeks long - whereas our hospital's oncology department provided five weeks of CRT.
The answer as to why Mayo did it in three weeks vs five was pretty technical and related, I believe, to dosage and accuracy of the equipment. Again, while I don't know if it would have changed the outcome, it was one thing we could have done - stay in Rochester for the three weeks.