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When to "stop"

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Apr 17, 2023 | Replies (30)

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@robee

After many sessions of chemo, my tumors shrank considerably and as the pancreatitis began to resolve, I felt well enough to travel. I scheduled a second oncology opinion with John Hopkins to discuss treatment since they are a Pancreatic Cancer center. They actually encouraged me to take occasional breaks when scans show stable results if I had family plans. They claim they saw no difference when chemo breaks were added or when they reduced chemo meds for improved tolerance.

Has anyone else done this?

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Hi Robee,
Good on you! What was your stage? Was it resectable? How many sessions of chemo? Was it the Filfirinox? Did you support that chemo.
I have been very sick and the oncologist has decide to put me on Gemcitabine.
I wonder if it will give good results at the Filfirinox...