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Treatment options for pancreatic cancer stage 4?

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Apr 4, 2023 | Replies (59)

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Diagnosed in May of 2022, I have inoperable stage IV (tumor is in tail and involves veins and arteries with tiny spot initially seen in liver) and have had 17 sessions of Folfirinox-sometimes minus ironiteacan and as of recently minus oxiliaplatin. Except for chemo days and the overall reduced stamina, I feel healthy and keep myself busy and have no other health issues. Pet scans and CT scans which initially showed shrinkage (tumor is very small and no longer is there evidence detectable in liver) currently shows "stable". However, my CA19-9 is slowly creeping upwards-highest was 2558 and dropped to 65 in Nov of 2022, but now is 402. Did your CA19-9s do this? Should i be more worried than the oncologist lets on?? I am not at a pancreatic cancer center for oncology but have been advocating for myself with info I find on medical sites at JH, Mayo, and MSK. I will be traveling to MSK to receive MRI guided SBRT next month. I am not familiar with SoC?? I often feel I am only given standard treatment unless I present other options--it is so frustrating. Any advice/suggestions would be helpful-you give many of us hope.

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I have posted here a couple of times about supplements. I took about 10 sessions of oxaliplatin and have been on 5 fu, campostar, and leucovorin since November 2021. Un 6 weeks ago I got treatments every 2 weeks. My cancer has gone into remission. My Ca19-9 did vary some during treatment but never went up very much. Right now it is 20. I started my journey at MD Anderson as it is only 8 hours from me. Mayo is 14 hours on a low traffic day. Other centers of excellence are farther. I live in central Mississippi.