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Abort chemo Rx & go straight to surgery while I am still Stage 1?

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Apr 12 6:33pm | Replies (34)
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@lvtexas

I’d go to Moffitt given your options. Vein involvement requires a good surgeon. You need margin from vein for survival. Ask surgeon their approach to vein involvement - some won’t do surgery and some will - that may dictate your decision for you. I had open surgery, 8 folfirinox before surgery with four week break. Infection during surgery prevented post surgery chemo - would did not heal. Vein was bisected during surgery.

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mbcfl | @mbcfl | Oct 29, 2023

Thank you for your feedback. When you state “ask the surgeon what their approach is to vein involvement,” are you meaning to verify that they are willing to do vein surgery if needed? I believe the surgeon in Ohio and Florida both have told me that they would/could.
I’m sorry you had that infection during surgery. How long ago was that? Have you restarted chemo? How are you doing now?
When you say your vein was bisected, was that because only a small amount of tumor was found there and they were able to bisect it rather than having to have an entire portion of the vein removed and reconstructed ?

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