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Surgical options for borderline resectable/locally advanced tumors
My mom was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in July 2022. She was not eligible for surgery at the time due to SMA encasement, so she...
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What were your tumor marker results at time of stage 4 diagnosis?
So far, I have only the CA 19-9 and CEA results from March, when we thought we were establishing baseline info because I was (at...
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I am being monitored for dilated pancreatic ducts
Recently, my CA-19-9 level went up from a 52 to a 87.7. I have been diagnosed with IPMN of the pancreas. Also my CEA level...
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Oxaliplatin: What are the effects of dropping it from FOLFIRINOX?
Diagnosed in Dec 2021 with stage 4 PANCAN with metastsis to liver. Started Foflornix in Jan 2022. Did 12 treatments, last one without Oxeplatin because...
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Stage 1B pancreatic tail cancer - surgical removal, now chemo
On Dec 9, 2025 I had an unrelated CT chest test for cardiac reason. It identified a mass in my pancreatic tail. A 4 cm...
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Liver transplant and CKD, now husband diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
My 70-year-old husband received the news last week that some tissue samples from an EUS came back as cancerous. He has a complex medical history...
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CA19-9 Test: How often to test?
How often do you do a CA19-9 blood test? My PDAC surgery, treatment, etc., was done at a cancer center in another state. I still...
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Monitoring a Pancreatic Cyst?
Hello,…I have to ask for people’s experience and support. I am 68 years old. In June of 2022, during a routine examination (for a hernia)...
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I did not think the CA 19-9 test works as you described ... here are a...
https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/959006/
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Rising CA19-9 numbers but scans ok
My husband's numbers have been on the rise the last couple months from 325 lowest to over 1200 this week. Each time (every other week)...
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Pancreatic cancer - New treatments, better outcomes
From the Mayo Clinic Health Letter, January 2021. Pancreatic cancer New treatments, better outcomes Pancreatic cancer begins in the tissues of your pancreas — an...
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