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With my mom for her 7th chemo session

She’s been undergoing mfolfirinox chemo for borderline...
Very tactful wonderful deer antler
  12/08/25
I will keep her in my prayers, brother. I'm so sorry to hear...
Irradiated abode pisswyrm
  12/08/25
Thank you brother. My prayers were answered too in that who...
Very tactful wonderful deer antler
  12/08/25
Not often enough. I actually got laid off from my J1 because...
Irradiated abode pisswyrm
  12/09/25
My dad finished a year of chemo in September. They finally p...
mint spectacular spot
  12/08/25
Did he have metastasized cancer? What kind brother. Sorry...
Very tactful wonderful deer antler
  12/08/25
Colon cancer on his liver. They never found it in his colon....
mint spectacular spot
  12/08/25
heartbreaking analogy; so true
beady-eyed transparent boiling water
  12/08/25
my sincere condolences, brother.
Drab milk
  12/08/25
Ty...I'm good with it now and I don't want to hijack op. Sad...
mint spectacular spot
  12/08/25
You have us, friend.
Navy Talking Stead
  12/08/25
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Crystalline galvanic sanctuary skinny woman
  12/08/25
sorry to hear man
Histrionic Flirting Plaza
  12/08/25
I'm sorry to hear that man. Was he in Vietnam at all? My dad...
Irradiated abode pisswyrm
  12/08/25
Sorry to hear that. It's good you can be there for her. ...
Crystalline galvanic sanctuary skinny woman
  12/08/25
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Histrionic Flirting Plaza
  12/08/25
Made her playlists of her favorite songs, she just wants my ...
Very tactful wonderful deer antler
  12/08/25
sorry to hear about your parents, guys
Lascivious saffron black woman
  12/08/25
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Histrionic Flirting Plaza
  12/08/25
FIL is about to start tomorrow - gemcitabine based chemo 21 ...
Histrionic Flirting Plaza
  12/08/25
Get stories from him. Ask odd questions. Don't expect anyone...
mint spectacular spot
  12/08/25
ty ty
Histrionic Flirting Plaza
  12/08/25
Cr. Every time I talk to my dad now, I take notes like I'...
Irradiated abode pisswyrm
  12/08/25
...
Histrionic Flirting Plaza
  12/08/25
So sorry
Dashing native
  12/08/25
Sorry man. I was on folfox which is a similar chemo cocktail...
Citrine Appetizing Ladyboy Parlor
  12/08/25
Did you then have rectum removed? Or just radiation?
Godawful Senate
  12/09/25
life is a nightmare, merry christmas!
yellow passionate indirect expression personal credit line
  12/08/25
Eh, so we get sick and die at the end. It sucks but no need ...
Brass French Chef Circlehead
  12/08/25
that's if you're lucky
yellow passionate indirect expression personal credit line
  12/08/25
Only about 20% of PDAC patients ever get to surgery. Even t...
Very tactful wonderful deer antler
  12/08/25
Stay strong for your mom, Chandler. Stay strong, everyone. A...
Harsh dilemma
  12/08/25
steve jobs got pancreatic cancer because he would buy a new ...
beady-eyed transparent boiling water
  12/08/25
He got the rare form that everyone survives but he didn&rsqu...
Very tactful wonderful deer antler
  12/08/25
JUICE JUICE JUICE - world's wealthiest man
Lime excitant school
  12/09/25
Thinking of you, brother. Stay strong for your family. You a...
grizzly painfully honest temple fortuitous meteor
  12/08/25
I’m sorry brother. Chemo is very tough. I just fini...
Vibrant geriatric space ape
  12/08/25
...
Citrine Appetizing Ladyboy Parlor
  12/08/25
Cr I spoke to Luis who had a milder version of my mom’...
Very tactful wonderful deer antler
  12/08/25
covid vaxxed?
Know-it-all Cracking Whorehouse
  12/08/25
She got like a million mRNA shots, I’ve had this thoug...
Very tactful wonderful deer antler
  12/08/25
RIP
Know-it-all Cracking Whorehouse
  12/08/25
A family friend had inoperable metastatic inoperable pancrea...
Dark gaming laptop
  12/08/25
If it’s metastatic a surgery means nothing and isn&rsq...
Very tactful wonderful deer antler
  12/08/25
Not an oncologist brej. Just know it was supposed to kill hi...
Dark gaming laptop
  12/08/25
No, Steve Jobs believed in boomer fruit bs, whereas keto act...
plum comical step-uncle's house sweet tailpipe
  12/08/25
Just realized how autistic my poast was. You're a good d...
Dark gaming laptop
  12/08/25
Sorry friend, hope she feels better soon
Slimy ceo scourge upon the earth
  12/08/25
A clinical trial released in June showed that PAXG which is ...
Very tactful wonderful deer antler
  12/09/25
So if it shrinks it means surgery soon before it grows back ...
Godawful Senate
  12/09/25
It’s already operable but the surgeon wants to send it...
Very tactful wonderful deer antler
  12/09/25
the data isn't out yet but I would be shocked if PAXG wasn't...
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  12/09/25


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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: Very tactful wonderful deer antler

She’s been undergoing mfolfirinox chemo for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer.

Tumor shrunk 40% and it’s operable but would require a complex vein reconstruction now.

Surgeon referred us to a radiation oncologist for radiation therapy, but because it might take a few weeks to start we’re doing a 7th round of this chemo which is absolutely brutal and my mom is 75 years old.

Neither of us expected chemo today but after the visit with the surgeon and oncologist, we’re in a 6 hour session. I’ve been with her for all of these sessions at cedars Sinai.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494422)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Irradiated abode pisswyrm

I will keep her in my prayers, brother. I'm so sorry to hear that. My dad just graduated from the ICU today after two months. He actually turned 75 yesterday.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494497)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:11 PM
Author: Very tactful wonderful deer antler

Thank you brother. My prayers were answered too in that whokebe was not assigned as her radiation oncologist.

How often do you get to see your dad nowadays?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494561)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:23 PM
Author: Irradiated abode pisswyrm

Not often enough. I actually got laid off from my J1 because I needed to take a week to see my dad. I'm still very bitter about that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49497523)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:30 PM
Author: mint spectacular spot

My dad finished a year of chemo in September. They finally put him on hospice. I doubt he makes it to Christmas. He's so fucked up right now I expect he'll just woops take too many pain pills in the next few weeks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494430)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:32 PM
Author: Very tactful wonderful deer antler

Did he have metastasized cancer? What kind brother. Sorry you went through that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494440)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: mint spectacular spot

Colon cancer on his liver. They never found it in his colon. It started pretty small and localized. Honestly my dad didn't even know and it only got worse during chemo. He thinks that had something to do with it but it was just the timing. Its all over now and he can barely move.

I hadn't studied cancer much before this and it's a lot more malicious than I thought. The cancer cells actually fight back against the body and create a really fucked up dynamic. They trick immune cells, kind of like Jews would.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494449)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:27 PM
Author: beady-eyed transparent boiling water

heartbreaking analogy; so true

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494615)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: Drab milk

my sincere condolences, brother.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494447)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: mint spectacular spot

Ty...I'm good with it now and I don't want to hijack op. Saddest part is I'm losing the one person on earth I have no ego with and can tell my darkest thoughts when need be. Hard to replace that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494453)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: Navy Talking Stead

You have us, friend.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494529)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:39 PM
Author: Crystalline galvanic sanctuary skinny woman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494462)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: Histrionic Flirting Plaza

sorry to hear man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494448)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:59 PM
Author: Irradiated abode pisswyrm

I'm sorry to hear that man. Was he in Vietnam at all? My dad was exposed to agent orange there & that's why he has cancer now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494527)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:38 PM
Author: Crystalline galvanic sanctuary skinny woman

Sorry to hear that. It's good you can be there for her.

What are you doing to keep her and your spirits up?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494457)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:42 PM
Author: Histrionic Flirting Plaza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494476)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:14 PM
Author: Very tactful wonderful deer antler

Made her playlists of her favorite songs, she just wants my presence when she’s at the doctors. She has no one else to take her. I’ve been to cedars maybe 30 times since her diagnosis, and it’s not close to our house.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494571)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:39 PM
Author: Lascivious saffron black woman

sorry to hear about your parents, guys

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494460)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Histrionic Flirting Plaza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494464)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:42 PM
Author: Histrionic Flirting Plaza

FIL is about to start tomorrow - gemcitabine based chemo 21 day cycle x 4, then a liver removal. fuck



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494474)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: mint spectacular spot

Get stories from him. Ask odd questions. Don't expect anyone else knows the family history or cares. I did this for my wife's grandparents. I might be the only person left that knows their background etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494487)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Histrionic Flirting Plaza

ty ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494496)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: Irradiated abode pisswyrm

Cr.

Every time I talk to my dad now, I take notes like I'm on a client call. I have been asking him more and more about his military service, and after 40 years, he's finally beginning to open up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494530)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: Histrionic Flirting Plaza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494533)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: Dashing native

So sorry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494502)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:08 PM
Author: Citrine Appetizing Ladyboy Parlor

Sorry man. I was on folfox which is a similar chemo cocktail so I feel her pain. Good news is that the radiation therapy side effects will likely not be that bad compared to chemo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494550)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:08 PM
Author: Godawful Senate

Did you then have rectum removed? Or just radiation?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49496707)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:14 PM
Author: yellow passionate indirect expression personal credit line

life is a nightmare, merry christmas!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494568)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: Brass French Chef Circlehead

Eh, so we get sick and die at the end. It sucks but no need to get hysterical about it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494577)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: yellow passionate indirect expression personal credit line

that's if you're lucky

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494594)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:17 PM
Author: Very tactful wonderful deer antler

Only about 20% of PDAC patients ever get to surgery. Even then, long term outlook is grim because this cancer immediately starts spreading microscopically through the blood vessels. Mfolfirinox is the only legitimate way to defeat it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494581)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:28 PM
Author: Harsh dilemma

Stay strong for your mom, Chandler. Stay strong, everyone. Also, fuck cancer.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494620)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:29 PM
Author: beady-eyed transparent boiling water

steve jobs got pancreatic cancer because he would buy a new car every month and get high on the new car smell

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494622)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:41 PM
Author: Very tactful wonderful deer antler

He got the rare form that everyone survives but he didn’t because he went on a juice diet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494654)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:16 PM
Author: Lime excitant school

JUICE JUICE JUICE - world's wealthiest man

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49496732)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:44 PM
Author: grizzly painfully honest temple fortuitous meteor

Thinking of you, brother. Stay strong for your family. You are the rock upon which everything is built. You got this, brother.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494655)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: Vibrant geriatric space ape

I’m sorry brother. Chemo is very tough.

I just finished 12 infusions a couple of months ago at age 35 and it kicked my ass. I don’t know how older people do it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494684)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:59 PM
Author: Citrine Appetizing Ladyboy Parlor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494689)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:02 PM
Author: Very tactful wonderful deer antler

Cr I spoke to Luis who had a milder version of my mom’s chemo and is a young tough tall sexy hirsute nude Persian Chad and he struggled a bit with it. Idk how my mom is doing it.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494697)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:05 PM
Author: Know-it-all Cracking Whorehouse

covid vaxxed?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494704)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:06 PM
Author: Very tactful wonderful deer antler

She got like a million mRNA shots, I’ve had this thought. No alcohol or drugs in her life.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494709)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: Know-it-all Cracking Whorehouse

RIP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494712)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: Dark gaming laptop

A family friend had inoperable metastatic inoperable pancreatic cancer. Before starting chemo went on a healthy ketogenic diet and started exercising a shitload. By the time they were about to start chemo the tumor shrunk a shit load. So they held off. He kept up with the diet and exercise. Tumor shrunk to something very very small. Docs said they can and should operate to remove. He told them to fuck off and just continues the keto and exercise. But he gets it scanned every year or 6 months or something to play it safe. It's not visible on scans anymore but apparently it's still there based on blood testing or something they can do.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494738)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:22 PM
Author: Very tactful wonderful deer antler

If it’s metastatic a surgery means nothing and isn’t an option. Something doesn’t make sense here brother. This sounds like the shit Steve Jobs believed that killed him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494758)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: Dark gaming laptop

Not an oncologist brej. Just know it was supposed to kill him quick. Pretty sure he said metastatic. Or stage IV or something like that. It's still supposed to kill him eventually. But this was like 10 years ago and he's still doing well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494780)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: plum comical step-uncle's house sweet tailpipe

No, Steve Jobs believed in boomer fruit bs, whereas keto actually works and everyone knows it except hegemon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494792)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: Dark gaming laptop

Just realized how autistic my poast was.

You're a good dude and wishing you the best with this tough situation. Stay strong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494842)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Slimy ceo scourge upon the earth

Sorry friend, hope she feels better soon

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49494800)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:55 PM
Author: Very tactful wonderful deer antler

A clinical trial released in June showed that PAXG which is a new chemotherapy regime actually significantly outperforms the current standard of care mFOLFIRINOX in Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for borderline resectable pancreatic cancer. Although it wasn’t offered and the chemo appears to be working for my mom, I am feeling extremely guilty internally right now for not getting her into a trial that uses PAXG chemotherapy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49496675)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:10 PM
Author: Godawful Senate

So if it shrinks it means surgery soon before it grows back ?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49496717)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:14 PM
Author: Very tactful wonderful deer antler

It’s already operable but the surgeon wants to send it to a radiation oncologist for either long chemoradiation or SBRT to make the R0 resection significantly more likely, because an R0 resection is the only hope for a cure.

The CASSANDRA trial from mid 2025 just shows PAXG outperforms in every way, localized tumor shrinking, killing micromets etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49496729)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:17 PM
Author: Very tactful wonderful deer antler

the data isn't out yet but I would be shocked if PAXG wasn't significantly better in preventing reoccurrence after a clean surgery and increasing long term survival rates

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5807987&forum_id=2в#49496733)