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Your experience with IMRT (radiation) + capecitebine (oral chemo)?

Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Dec 29, 2023 | Replies (31)
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@fatherjonz

September 1, 2022 a spot was noticed on my pancreas… antigen about 550. My two family practice doctors suggested “false positive “, best to wait a few months and retest.
January 2023 retest antigen 900. MRI shows tumor. February biopsies taken. February 22, 2023 I was given cancer diagnosis. February 24, 2023 was my first visit to the Mayo Clinic-Phoenix to begin treatment.

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Teresa, Volunteer Mentor | @hopeful33250 | Dec 1, 2023

@fatherjonz

So, it sounds like your first round of chemo began in February of this year. Did the cancer respond to the former chemo you were taking?

I would like to invite @markymarkfl and @stageivsurvivor to join in this discussion with you. They are both long-time survivors of Stage IV pancreatic cancer and I think you will find their experiences encouraging.

Is there any discussion of surgery at this point?

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