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Pancreatic Cancer Recurrence after Whipple
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No radiation. I did specifically mention that I was willing to go through it if necessary when I was advocating for the more aggressive chemo using Folfirinox. I was reading the latest scientific papers in 2012 when I was diagnosed and the European pancreatic cancer oncology community was doing clinical studies. I was having such a robust response to Folfirinox that they felt there likely be no benefit. And in the end it was the additional chemo cycles that took care of any minimal residual disease.
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@stageivsurvivor What are your thoughts on Nalirifox vs Folfirinox? Same thing or better? Nalirifox is a chemotherapy regimen that consists of 4 different medicines, 3 of which are chemotherapy agents and one is similar to folic acid (from Drugs.com):
Onivyde (irinotecan liposomal), a chemotherapy agent encapsulated in a liposomal base to allow for more sustained blood levels of irinotecan
Oxaliplatin, another chemotherapy medicine that is a platinum-based alkylating agent that forms cross-links in DNA
Fluorouracil, an antimetabolite chemotherapy treatment that disrupts the formation of DNA
Leucovorin is a medicine similar to folic acid that is used to protect healthy cells from the side effects of chemotherapy agents.
Thanks!