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Prognosis for 3 pancreatic ampullary cancer tumors. 1 removed with whipple. chemo 7months helped 1 shrink & 1 disappear. liver lesions shrank. ?
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Key is nutrition: To improve your prognosis, my primary suggestion is to research the ideal ways to optimize your nutrition as your GI system has been affected. The poorer the nutritional status, the worse the prognosis.
Answered 8/13/2014
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It depends: Prognosis for Pancreatic Cancer is typically quite poor. But in some patients(5-10%) the tumor can be completely controlled but 90+ percent do tend to get into trouble in one to two years after Surgery. Are you currently free of any visible Cancer in your abdomen? Tell us the details of your recent test results...do they show any tumors or have these been completely controlled???
Answered 11/8/2018
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