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Questions about maintenance chemotherapy

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Nov 7, 2023 | Replies (14)

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@margefromwi

I'm glad to hear you have had positive results from your treatments. That must have be awful to have gallbladder surgery inbetween your treatments too. I seem to recall my doctor told me I had the ATM mutation when I had my biopsy & genetic test of my tumor. I was told in October there wasn't any targeted treatment for the ATM mutation at the time. I was also supposed to go on maintenance chemo too but my cancer markers have started to rise now that I'm on G-A. I'm really happy for you. Hope things continue in the right direction. Take care.

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@margefromwi , have you asked your oncologist about adding Cisplatin to the GA mix? The ATM mutation is supposed to respond well to platinum agents, and the 3-drug combo has brought my CA19-9 down by about 95% (for now).

If that doesn't help, MD Anderson in Houston has several clinical trials going on that ATM mutants like us are eligible for.