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How long does a person live after they have been diagnosed with pancreatitis?
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∙ 6y ago
In the case of my wife, 3 months after diagnosis. However her's should have been noticed a month or two earlier as there was an incorrect diagnosis of diverticulitis.
Professional medical literature (not available on-line to non-professionals) lists 5.6 months as the current expected survival time after diagnosis of non-operable, non-radiation candidate, metastasized pancreatic cancer when treated with the latest in chemotherapy.
In my wife's case, during 2 three-week chemotherapy sessions the tumor continued to rapidly increase in size. After that he was too weak to continue. (Oct. 2008)
If I may theorize (or give my personal opinion) at this point it time, if a person with the same level of pancreatic cancer as noted above cannot get into a clinical trial, I wouldn't bother with the current chemotherapy. Quality of life is too degraded for the short period left.
I know it would be hard not to grasp at straws, but the doctors are selling hope, at a tremendous expense, in a hopeless cause.
I hope a doctor or two will contradict my opinion with detailed facts.
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∙ 15y ago
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