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Chemo stopped working. Going to do radiation
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Feb 25, 2023 | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
I’ve been through 3 months of chemo. My marker is 23 and my tumor is shrinking. My oncologist thought I could go to surgery but Mayo surgeon says I need three more months of chemo and then 3 to 5 weeks of radiation. He did say tumor can become resistant to the chemo so that’s probably why they moved ahead to radiation.
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So they will do surgery after radiation. Thats interesting
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My understanding is that the neoadjuvant approach - 12 folfirinox cycles (CHT), followed by chemo enhanced radiation (CRT) is usually the preferred approach - with scans between each sets (4 cycles=8 weeks) of chemo, then CRT, then a month off prior to surgery.