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@yichingchen, you must be very worried about your husband. As you likely know, collecting duct carcinoma...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/773220/

of care for metastatic CDC, namely gemcitabine

Discussion: Anyone have experience with collecting duct carcinoma (CDC)?

Support Group: Cancer

Posted: Nov 14, 2022

Hi Helena How are you doing with your treatment ? Glad to hear that you are...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/922343/

My cousin Maryann was on Gemcitabine

Discussion: Anyone on Gemcitabine with Abraxane? How long? Effective?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Sep 1, 2023

Thank you. I treat locally in the twin cities clinic and visit with mayo with scans....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/886959/

offered me no studies but said to do gemcitabine

Discussion: What were your tumor marker results at time of stage 4 diagnosis?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jun 29, 2023

I was told in June 2022 that I was lucky I had stage 1 and after...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1164233/

After my port he started me on Gemcitabine ... since they responded so well to the Gemcitabine

Discussion: Treatment for metastasis to the lungs?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Oct 28 4:06pm

Thank you for this reply, I appreciate it! My husband is currently on a maintenance-type dose...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/681674/

maintenance-type dose of single agent gemcitabine

Discussion: CA 19-9 and pancreatic cancer: What do the numbers mean?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Feb 16, 2022

I'm a fit 69-year-old male diagnosed with distal (extrahepatic) cholangiocarcinoma in January 2024. I have completed...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1117731/

I have completed ten infusions (gemcitabine

Discussion: Cholangiocarcinoma Bile Duct Cancer: Want to share experiences?

Support Group: Liver Cancer

Posted: Aug 4 1:03pm

Hello. I, too, have been diagnosed with cholangiocarcinoma, intrahepatic, stage 4. I have not received any...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/886020/

am now ready to start with chemo (gemcitabine

Discussion: Cholangiocarcinoma - Bile Duct Cancer - anyone else dealing with this?

Support Group: Liver Cancer

Posted: Jun 27, 2023

Caryn, not all chemo drugs cause hair loss. My dad didn’t lose his hair either. Folfirinox...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/648193/

taxotere, doxorubicin, irinotecan, gemcitabine

Discussion: Wigs: Prepping for hair loss due to chemo: Where to start?

Support Group: Cancer: Managing Symptoms

Posted: Oct 25, 2021

@plugger how are you doing? Thinking about you as my husband was unable to tolerate gemcitabine....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/290936/

my husband was unable to tolerate gemcitabine

Discussion: Stage 1 Bladder Cancer/Gemcitabine

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Feb 7, 2021

After 17 months of remission after Whipple, the cancer came back at the resection site. Had...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/957551/

Had my first round of Gemcitabine and

Discussion: Side effects after completing Chemotherapy

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Nov 1, 2023

My husband has the reverse- started with the Gemcitabine and Abraxane and will be switched to...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/824404/

has the reverse- started with the Gemcitabine

Discussion: 2 questions: Interpretation of CA19-9. SBRT methods.

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Mar 11, 2023

A break between treatment (chemo or radiation) and surgery is the norm, I believe. I did...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/974764/

chemo, then 28 days radiation + weekly gemcitabine

Discussion: Question about surgery plan: Did you stop chemo months before surgery?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Dec 4, 2023

This is great news, So glad your treatments are working. Praise God! My husband is receiving...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/991759/

He is taking Docetaxel and Gemcitabine

Discussion: Diagnosed with Uterine Cancer (Leiomyosarcoma)

Support Group: Gynecologic Cancers

Posted: Jan 5 8:46am

I appreciate you sharing information to myself and others in this journey. I hope you find...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1137414/

couple of weeks, after being off of Gemcitabine

Discussion: Ascites from pancreatic cancer

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Sep 6 2:34pm

My husband has been on Gemcitabine and abraxane since May of 2022. He was in a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1142777/

My husband has been on Gemcitabine and

Discussion: treatment for liver mets

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Sep 17 7:04am

I don't have personal experience, but I believe you are getting the combo-drug Folfirinox minus the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/871321/

has a slightly better record than gemcitabine

Discussion: Nothing left to offer in the way of therapy?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jun 2, 2023

Thanks again for sharing your experience and for all the detail. I'm fortunate to currently be...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/878591/

my cisplatin and paclitaxel (plus gemcitabine

Discussion: My HIPEC experience and pancreatic cancer

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Jun 14, 2023

I had mets to the lung from the pancreas. I have KRAS G12D and TP53 mutations...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1130481/

The gemcitabine and abraxane seem to

Discussion: Treatment for metastasis to the lungs?

Support Group: Pancreatic Cancer

Posted: Aug 25 11:43am

Hi Kris Our oncologist told us the same thing and has been treating my husband using...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/165905/

My husband has had Gemcitabine, Cisplatin

Discussion: Talking Frankly about Living with Advanced Cancer

Support Group: Cancer

Posted: Feb 23, 2018

Thanks for the info! My dad said the following when i asked about treatment also said...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/260063/

I’m getting two kinds of chemo...Gemcitabine

Discussion: My dad has a mass on bladder and kidney not functioning

Support Group: Bladder Cancer

Posted: Jul 5, 2019