2006-10-06 17:23:35 · 9 answers · asked by Y 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
What therapy did they use? Radiation, surgerical removal, chemo?
2006-10-06 17:43:55 · update #1
My ex-husband had all the treatment you mentioned.He 1st went to the doctors and they told him he had to have his gallbladder removed,but still was sick.6 months later they finally confirmed, pancreas cancer in such a short time he was at stage 4 but they did the removal and also took part of his spleen.went through all the chemo and radiation which did not help and only to find out it was now in the nodes.seven of the nine removed was cancerous,he went to cancer treatment center of America and was told their is nothing they can do for him.I seen him yesterday.1st time in 2 months and I almost cried.his children were shocked..The thing is ,he had it when they removed the gallbladder and never caught it and the doctors give him 6 months to 1 year.it has been a year now and we know the time is coming.He is 39 yrs old.His 40th b-day is this Friday the 13th.
2006-10-07 01:43:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a cancer RN and I am currently treating a pt with pancreatic cancer diagnosed over 1 year ago with Gemzar and Avastin. He is doing remarkable. Excellent response. Currently, he is a pancreatic cancer survivor. How long? Who knows. He thinks it is because of some vitamins and supplements his family physician instructed him to take which are sold over the counter at drug stores, and the chemotherapy he recieves about every 3 weeks or so.
He has recieved a stent which recently had to be replaced in his common bile duct and no radiaiton. No Whippo procedure. Just the chemotherapy and the stent.
In all of the years I have been treating Pancreatic cancer pts, I have never seen one do this well.
2006-10-07 01:20:33 · answer #2 · answered by happydawg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question is not survival of Cancer (which includes Pancreatic cancer also) is remote. If cancer is detected we should have all the treatments which are given in the rule book to extend the Life, however it is difficult. It mainly depends on the condition of Patient, stage and grade of the disease. In the advanced cases the the chances of extending the life is minimal. If it is detected in the early stages by proper treatment we can have extended life.
CANCER IS STILL AN ENIGMA and we should treat it and kill it, whatever may be the result. Best of luck
2006-10-07 00:46:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i certainly hope so, I am going in for a petscan next thursday, i had colon cancer in 2004, i had my right ascending colon removed and all of the lymph nodes in that area also removed. i have had two clear colonoscopies, and last year had a catscan for a seperate issue which was negative...this year i had a catscan because the national oncology group wants colon cancer surgery patients to have one within 3 yrs. they found something about the size of a dime behind the pancreas,,maybe on it i'm not sure.. but petscan should be more definitive..i am a 66 yr. old male in otherwise excellent health. I'm hoping that what ever they found turns out to be nothing.
2006-10-07 01:29:49 · answer #4 · answered by Marvin C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See How to Prevent and Treat Cancer with Natural Medicine by Mike Murray. It is full of helpful info and good advice.
2006-10-07 08:43:19 · answer #5 · answered by Mad Roy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the operatic singer Luciano Pavarotti has pancreatic cancer and he's had it for a while. I haven't heard about him lately though.
There are improved treatments and the hope for a cure is closer. I just don't know of anyone. I have had this disease in my family, so I try find good news abut treatments.
2006-10-07 00:43:53 · answer #6 · answered by Susan M 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no i dont my mom passed away from it but she waited a very long time before she found out she had it. she lived for exactly 6 months after she found out she had it she had chemo to slow the progression. I hope others have better info than me.
2006-10-08 15:28:08 · answer #7 · answered by Doris D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i don't. i lost my mom 3 yrs ago tomorrow she only lived 3 months after she was diagnosed.she had just turned 63.
2006-10-10 22:47:25 · answer #8 · answered by jan2856mjm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes my mother in law
2006-10-07 00:25:15 · answer #9 · answered by Sweetpea 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋