I accept that your surgeon is experienced and highly rated, but what concerns me is that you're on this board, asking whether anyone else has undergone the same protocol.

To me, ***that implies that you don't have all the info that you need.**** I'm just reiterating my suggestion that you talk to your surgeon, after writing down a list of questions. Among them: What, specifically, about *your* tumor and, if relevant, your other heath considerations, makes this the best choice for *you*?

(For ex., my onc. gave me 8 cycles of FOLFIRINOX before surgery rather than the standard 12; I didn't ask why but now I will, because I think it might have had an unintended and negative consequence -- and I wish I had asked at the time.) So pls know that I'm not trying to hassle you -- rather, I'm eager for all of us to get the info we need so we can have the best-possible outcome.