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What Are The Chances Of Survival If Having Pancreatic Cancer In Both Lungs?
My sister is 52 is overweight had a stroke at 50 and has type 2 diabetes. She was diagnosed in Dec. with pancreatic cancer and it is in both lungs. She is taking gemcitabine only because she is in the 1% of population that is sensitive to meds. What are her chances of survival?
Wed, 16 Sep 2015
Greetings. I can understand your feelings towards your sister. She is suffering from metastatic disease. Gemcitabine drug works well in carcinoma pancreas but average survival will be low around 6 months. Your doctor can also think of adding erlotinib(oral drug) or NAB-paclitaxel to gemcitabine which can increase her survival upto 9 months. Take care.
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