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Your experience with IMRT (radiation) + capecitebine (oral chemo)?
Pancreatic Cancer | Last Active: Dec 29, 2023 | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
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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Hello there!
I've been doing some more research on the Cap. You are so lucky to be at a place where they offer proton radiation. I see it works well on tumors. I have a few lesions (under 1 inch) in my liver, and I read that ablation might work well for that. I've heard the term before on this site, but can't remember where I read it and what the context was. It was actually the Dr. who did my endoscopy that recommended it, so I mentioned it to my oncologist and she is checking with GI dr who did the endoscopy to see if I would be a candidate for it. I imagine that would fix the lesions, however, due to my aggressive type of cancer, I feel sure that I will also need to continue chemo (Cap) indefinitely. I put my chemo start on hold this week since I don't want to start anything (however, I'm also reticent to delay treatment) until I get the opinion from oncologists from a "center of excellence". Best of luck in the new year!