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In response to the OP (sadiecat) and unlike grannydee - my experience to date under the...

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insufficiency" following a course of gemcitabine

Discussion: New to pancreatic insufficiency. What does this journey look like?

Support Group: Digestive Health

Posted: Aug 3, 2023

Everyone is different, but we have hope things are moving for the better as medical options...

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(standard of care drugs Abraxane + Gemcitabine

Discussion: Stage 4 pancreatic cancer progression: Don't know what to expect

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Aug 12, 2023

You're very welcome, and thank you for the good wishes. (FWIW, I forgot to mention I...

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We went with Gemcitabine + Abraxane

Discussion: CA19-9 going up and back pain at night - recurrence?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Nov 9, 2023

@steveron , how much time are you looking at between chemo and Whipple? The norm seems...

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, it seems common to co-administer Gemcitabine

Discussion: Can radiation be given between finishing chemo and having Whipple?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jun 11 2:43pm

I'll try to write up a longer reply this weekend, but sometimes one drug works better...

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Started biweekly treatment on Gemcitabine

Discussion: Switch from Folfirinox to Gem/Abrax due to non response

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Nov 16, 2023

It does seem like 5 treatments should be enough to show progress if the meds are...

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after the Whipple, and I started on Gemcitabine

Discussion: My dad (76) was diagnosed with stage iv pancreatic cancer

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: May 1, 2023

I was about 4 months post-Whipple when a recurrence was identified on MRI at the Whipple...

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fewer side effects) to 7 months of Gemcitabine

Discussion: Anyone here been diagnosed with peritoneal carcinomatosis?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Sep 13, 2023

In case you weren't already familiar with the "T2" meaning, it's a scale called the "TNM"...

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or something starting with Gemzar (gemcitabine ... cancer came back after surgery, I got Gemcitabine

Discussion: New, overwhelmed: What's microsatellite stable?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Aug 9, 2023

Wow way behind - he had an eruption on this right shoulder blade - had a...

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waiting till next week started him on Gemcitabine

Discussion: About ready to scream, been bad month

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: May 8, 2020

@kjc12 , I'm sorry to hear the toll this is taking on your husband. I'm sure...

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response to the Cisplatin (along with Gemcitabine

Discussion: CEA and CA19-9 Results as Predictors of Treatment Outcome

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jul 16, 2023

if they call them blisters iii instead of tumors yes the large one they biopsied in...

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caner cells in it - that was why the gemcitabine

Discussion: About ready to scream, been bad month

Support Group: Lung Cancer

Posted: Aug 28, 2020

Hi, all! New here, and just reading all of the posts. My father (67 yo) was...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/881477/

He underwent 3 cycles of gemcitabine

Discussion: Radioembolization for pancreatic cancer metastasis to liver?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jun 19, 2023

Thanks for your comments, and the suggestion to try to reach Mark Truty. I have to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/916452/

after an almost full course of the gemcitabine-abraxane

Discussion: "Tight" feet and laser therapy

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Aug 21, 2023

I don't have any good news to impart. My cancer experience is definitely the "poor prognosis"...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1077194/

Chemo - Cisplatin/gemcitabine 4 cycles ... by 50% Chemo - low dose Cisplatin/Gemcitabin

Discussion: Kidney cancer patients: Let's connect and introduce yourself

Support Group: Kidney Cancer

Posted: May 29 12:03pm

It depends somewhat on which chemo recipe you're getting. If you're getting Folfirinox, the ingredient Oxaliplatin...

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Standard of Care regimen is based on Gemcitabine

Discussion: Pancreatic Cancer Group: Introduce yourself and connect with others

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Apr 17 10:45pm

@denip , You're very welcome. Too late to edit my initial comment, but there's a typo...

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standard of care) recipe based around gemcitabine ... identify whether the original chemo, or Gemcitabine

Discussion: CA 19-9 Levels - What is High Enough to Cause Concern for Prognosis?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Oct 1, 2023

You're going to encounter a few people on this forum who have had to switch oncologists...

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biweekly post-Whipple chemo (Abraxane + Gemcitabine

Discussion: There is hope!

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jul 26, 2023

@jbnc23 , I don't think there's any magic limit requiring your husband to stop at 12...

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Other options such as GAC (Gemcitabine

Discussion: Treatment options after 12 rounds of chemo

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jun 27 12:38am

Thanks for your reply. I still haven't dug through all the posts on the discussion links,...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/909893/

insufficiency following a course of gemcitabine-abraxane

Discussion: "Tight" feet and laser therapy

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Aug 9, 2023

Oct 2021 : Diagnosed stage 2, Resectable PDAC in pancreas head, ATM mutation Nov 2021 -...

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near 700) Jan 2023 : Start chemo (Gemcitabine

Discussion: My HIPEC experience and pancreatic cancer

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jun 14, 2023