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Pseudo cyst / CA 19-9 trending up
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Dec 2, 2023 | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
MRI showed cancer has metastasized to liver and abdomen! Now stage 4! After surgery in April I was stage 1 with no lymph node involvement. Be sure to watch you CA - 19 markers! Mine were rising, but CT scans were clear. Just because they can’t see it, doesn’t mean it isn’t there! Waiting on biopsy of liver to see if I’m a candidate for immunotherapy. I will refuse palliative chemo unless it is at an integrative cancer care place. Anyone have suggestions?
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Golly, I'm sorry to hear that. You are absolutely right: CT scans cannot see small lesions. (I was told anything less than 1.5 cm, but I've also seen 1 cm mentioned online.) What is your CA 19-9 now? Also, I wondered what you meant about doing palliative chemo only at an integrative cancer care place. Which locations are you looking at? Anyway, mostly, I wanted to say that you may not yet be out of luck. Yes, you're stage 4, but there is still much that can be done to bring the cancer under control. Best wishes to you!