treatments for stage 4 pancreatic cancer

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my friend was just diagnosed with pancreatic cancer stage 4. What are the treatments available now.

drvrnumber8 · Newbie Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 4

My mother is in the same boat. The best thing the doctor told her was chemo with a drug call Gemzar (spelling like it sounds) and that it works extremely well with pancreatic patients without alot of bad side effects. What you pray to happen is for the tumor on the pancreas to shrink so the Whipple can be done. The whipple is the only known cure. Also, her Doc told her to get Omega-3 from GNC. It promotes health and for some odd reason it seems to be "anti-tumor" The best thing to remember is that no one has the right to put an expiration date on a human life. Only God knows that answer. The diagnosis sometimes sounds grim. But as long as there is time, there is hope. (By the way, this Gemzar, doesn't kill White Blood Cells and hair loss is minimal.) My prayers are with you. Feel free to reply with any more questions. I'll be happy to share whatever I've learned. If you know anything different, please let me know. This is all new to me, too.
Tiff

treatments for stage 4 pancreatic cancer

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