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Were the surgical margins and lymph nodes all clean, making this just a normal "adjuvant" treatment?...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/913475/

The new regimen (Gemcitabine + Abraxane

Discussion: Unclear on whether to use GemCap or GemCis only for chemo

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Aug 15, 2023

Some meetings I go to I feel better & some confused. Stage 4 inoperable really shocked...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1035249/

improvement & after 44 treatments with gemcitabine

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

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Mar 17, 2024

Hi, everyone. I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on May 9, 2014. My Whipple was performed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/285113/

followed by 6 months (18 infusions] of gemcitabine

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

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Dec 3, 2019

Hi @lizduffey , Sorry to hear about the diagnosis. Folfirinox is definitely not "the only" treatment...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/967233/

, systemic chemo regimens based on Gemcitabine

Discussion: Anyone have any experience with clinical trials or immunotherapy?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Nov 18, 2023

@capricorn24 , You are very welcome, and I wish the best for your mom. I was...

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on chemotherapy with "GAC" (Gemcitabine

Discussion: Ductal adenocarcinoma, colloid (mucinous) type

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Sep 3, 2023

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

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/911770/

(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

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

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/906782/

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

I was on Folfirinox w/ so-so response before Whipple in 2022. After recurrence, I started Gemcitabine...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1194941/

After recurrence, I started Gemcitabine

Discussion: Who else has had Gem-Abraxane chemo regimen and for how long?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Dec 21, 2024

merhaba ben mehtap, Türkiye'den. ben bir hasta yakınıyım.annem pankreas ca. 4.evre doktor onun için 6 ay...

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hissetmesi için ben istedim. şuanda gemsitabin ... receiving chemotherapy containing gemcitabine

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

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: May 6, 2024

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

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/966173/

Started biweekly treatment on Gemcitabine

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

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Nov 16, 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, 2024

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

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/961732/

We went with Gemcitabine + Abraxane

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

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Nov 9, 2023

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

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/852890/

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...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/929529/

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

@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

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

Posted: May 8, 2020

Hello - I am a 69-year-old male residing in Northeast Ohio and I am currently being...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1193765/

Cleveland Clinic in November 2023 - gemcitabine

Discussion: Has anyone been able to have surgery for tumor in the tail?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Dec 19, 2024

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

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