Not completing Adjuvant Folfirinox after Whipple Surgery

Posted by kslayer @kslayer, Jan 25 10:40pm

Hi guys,

After checking, the pain comes from the stomach since the stomach is moving too slow after whipple and thus some of the food is stuck, now our doctor has gave us some medicine to improve the progress.

However, because of this issue, the adjuvant Folfirinox is forced to stop after 6 cycles and 28 times radiation. Does anyone know will it effect much if stopping the Folfirinox after half of the cycles done? Because my relative is quite weak now. Thanks a lot !

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gardenlady1116 | @gardenlady1116 | Jan 26 9:04pm

Sometimes a patient is just not well enough for treatment to be given. I was told that at 8 weeks after my surgery. I had a good response to treatment with chemo and got 13 cycles. I got a ctDNA test which was positive, and fortunately at that point was able to tolerate more treatment.