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How much time does a person have when they have been diagonsed with terminal pancreatic cancer?

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Short: Once recurrent pancreas cancer has been defined and fails to respond to chemo the prognosis is short lived. Chemo such as Gemzar (gemcitabine) and Abraxane have added about 3-5 months to survival. New monoclonals are in study which may bring this process under better control

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Answered 6/18/2018

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