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Radiation - side effects? Effectiveness?
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Jun 17, 2023 | Replies (14)Comment receiving replies
k13,
Was the bile duct stent plastic or metal - in some cases the stent is initially plastic, then changed later to metal. Plastic tends to allow more buildup and blocks much faster than metal (which in some cases is a special alloy and emits chemicals to prevent blockage).
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Hi the original stent was metal. The new one they put in was also metal. Interestingly though, the dr at Dana Farber , whoput in the new stent, told us that the original stent put in by our local hospital was shorter than the new one. The Dana Dr said Dana Farber doesn’t use that size stent anymore. It’s the “old way” of doing it….