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This is exactly what I went through last October. My oncologist recommended 12 rounds of chemo. Then the surgeon at Mayo wants 3weeks of radiation. Then the Whipple. But I guess every person has a different diagnosis. My tumor is on the head of my pancreas and is sitting on a major blood vessel so they really want to shrink the tumor as much as possible before surgery. The surgeon says once you do the Whipple there’s no do over. He’s got to make sure he gets it all with good margins.
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What kind of radiation protocol? Ask about Magnetic Resonance guided Adaptive Radiation Therapy. This is a „curative“ protocol and involves about 5 high-Dose radiation, every other day. Nothing else that I know of is „curative“
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I wish you the best. The whipple scares me to death but maybe it’s the only hope. Curious if you could share any information about a Mayo Clinic whipple. Would it be done laparoscopically and perhaps even robotically? What did they tell you about surgical complications and what a post whipple surgery recovery/life would be like. Thanks.