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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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@mnewland99

Hello fatherjonz,
How did your chemo/radiation go? I hoped you fared well through it.
My husband had wanted me to get the type of insurance that would allow me to go to Mayo Clinic in Arizona, but I declined since it was somewhat expensive and I'm also responsible for paying the medical insurance of my adult children who are still in college.
I have never heard of Capesitebine before so I looked it up and saw that its used for breast, stomach, and other type of cancers, but I didn't see pancreatic cancer listed. It does have a very good success rate of 77+% for the type of cancers that were listed so it has peaked my curiosity especially since it comes from Mayo Clinic; a facility held in high regard for innovative treatments I believe. I'm about to start chemo/radiation treatment for reoccurrence that metastasized to my liver, and also some nodules are seen in my stomach.
Please let me know, if you have that information, why your dr chose Capesitebine. Thank you.

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fatherjonz | @fatherjonz | Dec 26, 2023

Hi, Thanks for your reply.
I had never heard of Capesitebine before my doctor prescribed it. I had a good experience with it. Little nausea, no diarrhea, and no body aches. The only problem I had was dehydration. So different than my experience with infused chemotherapy. One of the doctors joked with me that it’s “chemo junior”.

Why my oncologist chose Capesitebine…. Apparently it works well with proton radiation. The Capesitebine makes the radiation more effective. Putting it in simplistic terms, the Capesitebine ‘pisses off’ the tumor making it easier for the proton radiation to do its job.

I wish you well with your chemo/radiation. If it’s not too intrusive, where will you be receiving your treatments?

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