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Treatment options for pancreatic cancer stage 4?

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Apr 4, 2023 | Replies (59)
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@marciak9

Oh no that must be disheartening. I’m stage 3 as well. CA19-9 has been going down and is 15 now. I’m supposed to do 4 more rounds of chemo. Then 3 weeks of radiation at Mayo in Rochester. Then the Whipple. Do you lose much weight after surgery?

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krfinlayson | @krfinlayson | Apr 1, 2023

I had lost weight prior to diagnosis —and a little more after surgery and during chemo. (Almost 100 lbs total - I was pretty skeletal). Over the 18 months since finishing chemo I have been able to regain about 18 lbs through targeting high protein, high calorie foods as advised by dietician.

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