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Radiation or No Radiation? What is this ?

 
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bean66
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PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:32 am    Post subject: Radiation or No Radiation? Reply with quote
I was thinking maybe my other post was too long so I just wanted to ask again as were pretty desperate.

Has anyone opted to skip radiation therapy?

Thanks.
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freeio
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Location: Guntersville, Alabama
PostPosted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:09 pm    Post subject: radiation therrapy Reply with quote
In my case, I went ahead with the radiation therapy (post-whipple procedure) and there were no adverse consequences. It was painless, and had as close to no side-effects of any of the treatments I have had. Chemo treatment was difficult, but radiation was not.

Your mileage may vary.

My story is listed below in my pancreatic cancer blog.
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whipple procedure, Oct. 21, 2004
28 days of radiation
56 days of Chemo using Xeloda
diagnosed as progressive recurrent pancreatic adenocarcinoma (Stage IV) Jun. 20, 2006
was treated with gemcitabine, oxaliplatin, and tarceva, which all failed.
Cancer blog: http://diehlmartin.com/cancer.html
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