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With my mom for her 7th chemo session

She’s been undergoing mfolfirinox chemo for borderline...
Confused useless brakes trailer park
  12/08/25
I will keep her in my prayers, brother. I'm so sorry to hear...
Light Crackhouse
  12/08/25
Thank you brother. My prayers were answered too in that who...
Confused useless brakes trailer park
  12/08/25
Not often enough. I actually got laid off from my J1 because...
Light Crackhouse
  12/09/25
My dad finished a year of chemo in September. They finally p...
gaped swashbuckling chapel
  12/08/25
Did he have metastasized cancer? What kind brother. Sorry...
Confused useless brakes trailer park
  12/08/25
Colon cancer on his liver. They never found it in his colon....
gaped swashbuckling chapel
  12/08/25
heartbreaking analogy; so true
gold travel guidebook messiness
  12/08/25
my sincere condolences, brother.
Sepia Elite Degenerate
  12/08/25
Ty...I'm good with it now and I don't want to hijack op. Sad...
gaped swashbuckling chapel
  12/08/25
You have us, friend.
Appetizing doctorate
  12/08/25
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bat-shit-crazy titillating parlor
  12/08/25
sorry to hear man
Chartreuse Native
  12/08/25
I'm sorry to hear that man. Was he in Vietnam at all? My dad...
Light Crackhouse
  12/08/25
Sorry to hear that. It's good you can be there for her. ...
bat-shit-crazy titillating parlor
  12/08/25
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Chartreuse Native
  12/08/25
Made her playlists of her favorite songs, she just wants my ...
Confused useless brakes trailer park
  12/08/25
sorry to hear about your parents, guys
Laughsome red sanctuary
  12/08/25
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Chartreuse Native
  12/08/25
FIL is about to start tomorrow - gemcitabine based chemo 21 ...
Chartreuse Native
  12/08/25
Get stories from him. Ask odd questions. Don't expect anyone...
gaped swashbuckling chapel
  12/08/25
ty ty
Chartreuse Native
  12/08/25
Cr. Every time I talk to my dad now, I take notes like I'...
Light Crackhouse
  12/08/25
...
Chartreuse Native
  12/08/25
So sorry
territorial peach market
  12/08/25
Sorry man. I was on folfox which is a similar chemo cocktail...
drab thriller house laser beams
  12/08/25
Did you then have rectum removed? Or just radiation?
Clear Plaza Scourge Upon The Earth
  12/09/25
life is a nightmare, merry christmas!
beady-eyed theater stage skinny woman
  12/08/25
Eh, so we get sick and die at the end. It sucks but no need ...
Pontificating buff station mad cow disease
  12/08/25
that's if you're lucky
beady-eyed theater stage skinny woman
  12/08/25
Only about 20% of PDAC patients ever get to surgery. Even t...
Confused useless brakes trailer park
  12/08/25
Stay strong for your mom, Chandler. Stay strong, everyone. A...
Arousing crimson state idiot
  12/08/25
steve jobs got pancreatic cancer because he would buy a new ...
gold travel guidebook messiness
  12/08/25
He got the rare form that everyone survives but he didn&rsqu...
Confused useless brakes trailer park
  12/08/25
JUICE JUICE JUICE - world's wealthiest man
Diverse dilemma
  12/09/25
Thinking of you, brother. Stay strong for your family. You a...
puce bawdyhouse boiling water
  12/08/25
I’m sorry brother. Chemo is very tough. I just fini...
Talented fiercely-loyal tank lodge
  12/08/25
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drab thriller house laser beams
  12/08/25
Cr I spoke to Luis who had a milder version of my mom’...
Confused useless brakes trailer park
  12/08/25
covid vaxxed?
Disturbing business firm pozpig
  12/08/25
She got like a million mRNA shots, I’ve had this thoug...
Confused useless brakes trailer park
  12/08/25
RIP
Disturbing business firm pozpig
  12/08/25
A family friend had inoperable metastatic inoperable pancrea...
marvelous goyim athletic conference
  12/08/25
If it’s metastatic a surgery means nothing and isn&rsq...
Confused useless brakes trailer park
  12/08/25
Not an oncologist brej. Just know it was supposed to kill hi...
marvelous goyim athletic conference
  12/08/25
No, Steve Jobs believed in boomer fruit bs, whereas keto act...
big metal roommate whorehouse
  12/08/25
Just realized how autistic my poast was. You're a good d...
marvelous goyim athletic conference
  12/08/25
Sorry friend, hope she feels better soon
disrespectful lemon fanboi stage
  12/08/25
A clinical trial released in June showed that PAXG which is ...
Confused useless brakes trailer park
  12/09/25
So if it shrinks it means surgery soon before it grows back ...
Clear Plaza Scourge Upon The Earth
  12/09/25
It’s already operable but the surgeon wants to send it...
Confused useless brakes trailer park
  12/09/25
the data isn't out yet but I would be shocked if PAXG wasn't...
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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: Confused useless brakes trailer park

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=2:#49494422)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Light Crackhouse

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=2:#49494497)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:11 PM
Author: Confused useless brakes trailer park

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=2:#49494561)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:23 PM
Author: Light Crackhouse

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=2:#49497523)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:30 PM
Author: gaped swashbuckling chapel

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=2:#49494430)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:32 PM
Author: Confused useless brakes trailer park

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

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: gaped swashbuckling chapel

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=2:#49494449)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:27 PM
Author: gold travel guidebook messiness

heartbreaking analogy; so true

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:35 PM
Author: Sepia Elite Degenerate

my sincere condolences, brother.

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: gaped swashbuckling chapel

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=2:#49494453)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:00 PM
Author: Appetizing doctorate

You have us, friend.

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:39 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy titillating parlor



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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: Chartreuse Native

sorry to hear man

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:59 PM
Author: Light Crackhouse

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=2:#49494527)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:38 PM
Author: bat-shit-crazy titillating parlor

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=2:#49494457)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:42 PM
Author: Chartreuse Native



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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:14 PM
Author: Confused useless brakes trailer park

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=2:#49494571)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:39 PM
Author: Laughsome red sanctuary

sorry to hear about your parents, guys

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: Chartreuse Native



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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:42 PM
Author: Chartreuse Native

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=2:#49494474)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:45 PM
Author: gaped swashbuckling chapel

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=2:#49494487)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Chartreuse Native

ty ty

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:01 PM
Author: Light Crackhouse

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=2:#49494530)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:02 PM
Author: Chartreuse Native



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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 3:47 PM
Author: territorial peach market

So sorry

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:08 PM
Author: drab thriller house laser beams

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=2:#49494550)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:08 PM
Author: Clear Plaza Scourge Upon The Earth

Did you then have rectum removed? Or just radiation?

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:14 PM
Author: beady-eyed theater stage skinny woman

life is a nightmare, merry christmas!

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:16 PM
Author: Pontificating buff station mad cow disease

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=2:#49494577)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:20 PM
Author: beady-eyed theater stage skinny woman

that's if you're lucky

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:17 PM
Author: Confused useless brakes trailer park

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=2:#49494581)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:28 PM
Author: Arousing crimson state idiot

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

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:29 PM
Author: gold travel guidebook messiness

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=2:#49494622)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:41 PM
Author: Confused useless brakes trailer park

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=2:#49494654)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:16 PM
Author: Diverse dilemma

JUICE JUICE JUICE - world's wealthiest man

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:44 PM
Author: puce bawdyhouse boiling water

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=2:#49494655)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:57 PM
Author: Talented fiercely-loyal tank lodge

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=2:#49494684)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:59 PM
Author: drab thriller house laser beams



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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:02 PM
Author: Confused useless brakes trailer park

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=2:#49494697)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:05 PM
Author: Disturbing business firm pozpig

covid vaxxed?

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:06 PM
Author: Confused useless brakes trailer park

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=2:#49494709)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:07 PM
Author: Disturbing business firm pozpig

RIP

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



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: marvelous goyim athletic conference

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=2:#49494738)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:22 PM
Author: Confused useless brakes trailer park

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=2:#49494758)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: marvelous goyim athletic conference

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=2:#49494780)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:30 PM
Author: big metal roommate whorehouse

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=2:#49494792)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:50 PM
Author: marvelous goyim athletic conference

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=2:#49494842)



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Date: December 8th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: disrespectful lemon fanboi stage

Sorry friend, hope she feels better soon

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



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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:55 PM
Author: Confused useless brakes trailer park

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=2:#49496675)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:10 PM
Author: Clear Plaza Scourge Upon The Earth

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

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



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:14 PM
Author: Confused useless brakes trailer park

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=2:#49496729)



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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:17 PM
Author: Confused useless brakes trailer park

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=2:#49496733)