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Decided not to have surgery. What’s next?
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: May 5 11:48pm | Replies (44)Comment receiving replies
No I think they need to wait to see a new occurrence to know what kind of chemo. I’ve never heard of maintenance chemo
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Marcia,
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The success stories I have read all seem to indicate extended, "maintenance" if you will, chemotherapy.
I'm not a medical professional, but my sense is that if there are cancer cells that are hidden, stopping chemo seem illogical, especially given the inability of current testing to actually identify them.
Now, if your CA 19-9 has shown a massive decrease to well below the 34/37 threshold, and stays there, or continues to decrease, perhaps this truly means continuing good news.
I don't trust the pancreatic cancer cells.