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Should I send my mom to MD Anderson for a second opinion
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 10:46 PM Author: chandler (retired) She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in August of 2025, we did 7 full cycles of folfirinox chemo, then 25 sessions of chemoradiation, they did a distal pancreatectomy surgery on April 17th, we had a ct on May 18th and it looks like they didn’t get all of the tumor and one unresected part may have even grown since the March 31st CT scan. My hope is that it’s fibrosis and not tumor (regardless the pathology report was positive at the margins, looking like an R2). We start chemo again on Monday but I think cedars will say we’re out of the curative stage now. Is it worth flying to Houston for a second opinion. I don’t think cedar Sinai has much in the way of any relevant clinical trials. The surgery pathology report showed it was complete local with 0/20 lymph nodes positive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912150) |
Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:09 PM Author: chandler (retired) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912173) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:17 PM Author: Roblox How old is she? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912196) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:17 PM Author: chandler (retired) 75 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912198) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:22 PM Author: Roblox You're pretty wealthy if I recall. If you can afford it, you should take her. They have it all under one roof. It's sort of a disney world for cancer stuff. Even their imaging is top notch and far superior to others.
Given her age, I doubt much will change. But if there are clinical trials going on, they will either be doing it or know about it. MD Anderson is part of University of Texas system so they are very close to the research. Might find something that will elongate life by 6 months.
In all honesty though, she's done here. |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:25 PM Author: chandler (retired) The over the counter pill that Ben sasse is taking elongates life an average of 7 months alone in metastasized patients. I think MD Anderson could potentially do much better in a localized cancer that has not hit any lymph nodes. There’s a chance it’s not even recurrence in the ct but I’m a pessimist. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912223) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:41 PM Author: Kenneth (Pope) Play (emotional girth) it sounds like you have read a lot on this and are well informed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912254) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:44 PM Author: chandler (retired) Yes studies like this give me some hope.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01685-X/abstract
I asked my oncologist about it and he said he thought PaxG was only being tested on people with locally advanced PDAC.
The problem is I don’t know if this chemo is even available to my mom in any trials. It’s not used at all at cedars sinai |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:47 PM Author: chandler (retired) https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2605555
Study came out a few days ago. The drug that made Ben sasse’s face fucked up |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:18 PM Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Anderson is worth it if there is any doubt or ambiguity. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912199) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:19 PM Author: chandler (retired) I think the past 12 months have shown a lot of breakthroughs in pancreatic cancer treatment and I feel cedars sinai although a great hospital is not in the cutting edge of any of this. It’s a 12% 5 year survival
We see the surgeon Friday and the oncologist Monday before chemo |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:27 PM Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, all the best.
fuck cancer. |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:21 PM Author: Nippon Professional Baseball Is she vaxed? If you fly to Houston would you be willing to console disco's widow after he does the inevitable? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912216) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:27 PM Author: chandler (retired) She’s like 5x vaxxed. Not flame. She thinks there is a possibility the vaccine contributed (not a smoker not a drinker etc.)
Yes I’d hang out with disco if I went to Houston |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:38 PM Author: Nippon Professional Baseball Well if you got the money and she's up for the travel and the weather in Houston, then what's the harm in getting a second opinion? You could also see what jag tp says as well. If you wanna hang with disco you better get on a red eye though, I think your mom has more years remaining on this planet than he does. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912248) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:40 PM Author: chandler (retired) Well do the chemo first and see how it responds, then if it doesn’t work we’ll be on a flight to the fries family residence (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912251) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:26 PM Author: cowgod This whole situation reminds me of the state of gaming. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912227) |
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Date: June 2nd, 2026 11:33 PM Author: chandler (retired) It’s like playing battletoads. Unwinnable battle. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912238) |
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Date: June 3rd, 2026 12:11 AM Author: Fucking Fuckface No. She's fucking old. You're just prolonging her suffering (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912271) |
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Date: June 3rd, 2026 1:28 AM Author: chandler (retired) She’s been asymptomatic since the start and is still asymptomatic. The disease only becomes brutal when metastasized and it hasn’t. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5870739&forum_id=2E#49912314) |