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What's the average time a person can live with advanced pancreatic cancer? treatment for 5 months. no more chemo for last 3mnts. new bile duct block.
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Prognosis poor: Unresectable pancreatic lesions with metastasis respond temporarily to Gemzar+ Abraxane for several months. Process enhanced with hyaluronidase enhancing response for several more months. With no treatment progression takes place. Bile duct block needs stenting otherwise jaundice destroys liver. New immunotherapeutic trials targeting mutated MUC5ac ongoing at several large centers.
Answered 2/3/2016
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