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Anyone on Gemcitabine with Abraxane? How long? Effective?

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Nov 22, 2023 | Replies (157)
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My husband is now on twice a month due to platelet issues. He is the one formerly 33 treatments on here. He did 3 times per month and has been twice a month since June. Still responding/stable disease- 19-9 down from over 5000 to 25.
The 19-9 does often go up after a couple cycles in the beginning due to the treatment working and the cancer cells shedding, as I understand it. Happened to us and it’s alarming.
God bless

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ncteacher | @ncteacher | Oct 4, 2023

This is a little off-topic from the original post, so I apologize in advance for that. I am curious about your husband's current treatment regimen. I am on maintenance chemo, which in my case is Folfirinox minus the oxaliplatin, dosed every other week as always. My CA 19-9 has consistently dropped, but I'm still not into the normal range for results. (I just finished round 10 yesterday, so the CA 19-9 isn't back yet.) Now that your husband's reading is 25, is he still on chemo or a watch-and-wait protocol?

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