Hi am new to this and hoping I can get some advice. My husband was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer last June. He is going through strong treatment of chemotherapy (Folfirinox and others) to shrink the tumour with possible hope of surgery. At the moment...
Hello, new to the forum but was hoping to gain in site to how people organise or do any sort of planning. I am caring for my husband who has inoperable pancreatic cancer that has already spread to his liver. He has been offered a round of chemo starting...
The oncologist we saw at Broomfield Hospital said it was standard practice that once pancreatic cancer has spread to the liver no surgery is performed and only chemotherapy is offered. No other form of treatment is on offer. My wife has had folferinox...
My husband has just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that has spread to his lungs & liver hes agreed to radiotherapy once hes had a biopsy anyone out there going through the same ?
Hi All, Last week I lost my mother to pancreatic cancer after her year-long battle. Quite a tough time obviously, but now that she's gone my thoughts turn to the risk posed to me of possibly inheriting the disease. Her oncologist told me to go get genetic...
Hi this is my first time putting something on here but I just wanted to see if anyone is experiencing the same problems. My Dad was told he had pancreatic cancer in the first week of July this year. He has had two MIr scans and a pep scan and now they...
Hi I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January this year in Spain while on holiday so I had the operation out there then cam back to uk to start chemotherapy I had 18 sessions and four scan they all showed no cancer but the blood indicated that...
Hi, im a 30 year old male, been having really bad month in terms of my health. My troubles started with back pain that’s progressed to upper back pain, extreme fatigue, joint pain and now digestive issues. I’m showing all the signs of pancreatic cancer...
Hi, I recently had a CT scan because I have a lot of pancreatic cancer symptoms: Lost 6kg in 2 months Back pain upper/middle back on the left Nausea Diarrhoea GERD symptoms Problem to sleep. CT was clear for pancreas but found to micro cyst in the...
Mum was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer over 3 years ago and was fortunate to be offered surgery. After a complicated recovery she had chemo for 2 years to control metastases into the hepatic portal vein, which it did. She was unable to tolerate further...
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