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New, overwhelmed: What's microsatellite stable?
My best friend, who i'm a caregiver and driver for, received a positive confirmation of an adenocarcinoma on the tail of the pancreas through a...
How did you pick a hospital for pancreatic cancer care?
Hi-I just found out that my aunt has a high probability of having pancreatic cancer. They detected a cyst in her pancreas while screening for...
Stage IV Adenosquamous pancreatic ca: finished SBRT, what's next?
Hello! It's Dale Gantous here again, 67 year old female. Briefly, I was diagnosed Stage 1 or 2 pancreatic cancer December 2023, had Whipple February...
Clinical trial video from PANCAN- questions about first time treatment
Yesterday I watched a very informative video on clinical trials from the PANCAN network. Stageivsurvivor was a guest speaker and have an excellent presentation! Here’s...
Digestive issues and pancreatic cancer
I was diagnosed with endocrine pancreatic carcinoma in late December, 2017. I began Gemcitibine/abraxane to, hopefully, shrink the tumor on the tail of my pancreas...
2nd opinion would require a diag. lap within 90 days of last one
I am 70 and was diagnosed with Stage 1 pan can 9/23. Initially took Abraxane/Gemzar for 2 months, then stopped due to chemo- induced pneumonia/pneumonitis...
My Sister's Battle with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC)
Well, we are now at about 10 months from the time she became jaundiced. We got to Mayo within ten days or so, had full...
Recent diagnosis: Have questions about treatment options?
I am getting diagnosed with pancreatic cancer after an abdominal CT last week. I’m 45 male, South Asian, and married with 8yo twins. I have...
Abort chemo Rx & go straight to surgery while I am still Stage 1?
I was very fortunate in how my stage one pancreatic cancer was diagnosed. In August 2023, I had an unrelated intestinal surgery and three weeks...
Help: Struggling with Wife's Pancreatic Cancer issues
Its been just over a year now that my wife and I started this fight with nonoperational Pancreatic cancer. We are now on a new...
Locally advanced pancreatic tumor started growing and kidney function
CA19-9 reduced from 16,000 to 74 then stopped responding to chemo so we did stereotactic radiation after that it started aggressively growing and CA19-9 is...
Pancreatic cancer recurrence at 2 years: Treatment change
I haven't checked in for a while... My wife was diagnosed in July 2019 right after her 61st birthday. Had 9 rounds of Folfirinox, then...
Oxaliplatin & Nab-paclitaxel Neuropathy - Longer Infusion Time?
My dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late January 2023 with encasement of PV/SMV and abutment/180degree encasement of SMA (he was deemed to be...
N.E.D. And other things that go bump in the night
Just wondering .. for those with the NED status … what kind of CA19-9 numbers are you showing?
Bone (Skeletal) Metastases
At the end of January my mother was diagnosed with ductal adenocarcinoma in the head of the pancreas measuring no more than 3 cm. All...
What's next?
Folfirinox showed resistance after about 9 or 10 months. Now gem/abrax may be going the same route as CA19-9 numbers have gone from 300 to...
Anyone experiencing malabsorption?
While my CA19 numbers are trending down, I have had malabsorption for almost a month. Not sure if chemo related, or disease progression. Stage 4...
12 months free of disease with clear CT scans: What is next?
My husband has been clear of disease for 12 months with clear CT scans. The cancer disappeared after 12 sessions of chemo which the oncologist...
Nausea when eating during Folfirinox Adjuvant Chemotherapy
Hi guys, My relative has been suffering from nausea right during eating , and he is taking a three week break during the 6th Folfirinox...
Recurrence at SMA Lymph node
Hi all, My father is currently suffering from recurrent pancreatic cancer (moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma). He is diagnosed and underwent Whipple surgery in July 2023 which...