Medical question

[Cecil475]

How treatable is second stage pancreatic cancer?

..relax. I don't have it.

- Warren Lewis

[nightwng2000]

Best answers are from the experts.
http://www.webmd.com/hw/cancer/ncicdr0000062957-general-information-about-pancreatic-cancer.asp

http://www.ufscc.ufl.edu/patient/content.aspx?section=ufscc&id=890

http://cancer.nchmd.org/treatment.aspx?id=890

http://cancer.caring4health.com/Pancreatic-Cancer/Articles/Treatment-Of-Stage-II-Pancreatic-Cancer_A302516_C311580.aspx

I'm not sure if there are any new trials going on that my company is dealing with. I can check, but I'm not sure. Our part of the company has, once again, been sold recently. We're handling the later stage study trials of various pharmaceutical companies. So, Pancreatic Cancer may, or may not, be one of the studies we're getting projects for.

Is this a question for school or do you know someone? Are they in NC or another state (that may also be important as to where the study is held). I know of a number of studies throughout the world as we are an international company.

But I'll check when I go to work tomorrow.

[nightwng2000]

Here is another, and seems to be one of the best as it even tells you about how to go about finding clinical trials all over.

http://www.cancer.gov/

[Cecil475]

Best answers are from the experts.
http://www.webmd.com/hw/cancer/ncicdr0000062957-general-information-about-pancreatic-cancer.asp

http://www.ufscc.ufl.edu/patient/content.aspx?section=ufscc&id=890

http://cancer.nchmd.org/treatment.aspx?id=890

http://cancer.caring4health.com/Pancreatic-Cancer/Articles/Treatment-Of-Stage-II-Pancreatic-Cancer_A302516_C311580.aspx

I'm not sure if there are any new trials going on that my company is dealing with. I can check, but I'm not sure. Our part of the company has, once again, been sold recently. We're handling the later stage study trials of various pharmaceutical companies. So, Pancreatic Cancer may, or may not, be one of the studies we're getting projects for.

Is this a question for school or do you know someone? Are they in NC or another state (that may also be important as to where the study is held). I know of a number of studies throughout the world as we are an international company.

But I'll check when I go to work tomorrow.

I know someone. A former roomate. Drops the bomb on me last night while talking on MSN Messenger. He's got it. Doc says he's gonna die. He can't see well. He's lost weight (aprox. 45lbs). He owes me and my roomate, Scott $100 each (Which I had forgotten). My Aunt Judy comes to my room with various things to tell him what to do. One of them is go to cancer treatment centers of Amercia. Then he tells me he's beem there and they say he's to far in. Judy gives me an Idea to ask what stage he is. He tells me second stage. (which according to Judy is treatable.) So I tell him that. and that he should keep trying. He says "its pancreatic cancer." (Please note: I don't know anything about this particular cancer.) I give him some link that I found on google.

He didn't respond back.

- Warren Lewis

(edit: I think he still lives in North Carolina. He gave me his phone number. It has a 252 area number. Think I'll ring him up.)
(edit II - I looked up the wikipedia article on it. He has some of the Predisposing factors.

* Age? He's 40
* Smoking
* Diets high in meat
* Obesity? What is fat and what is obesity?
* Diabetes I believe he told me he had this.
* Chronic pancreatitis has been linked, but is not known to be causal.
* Occupational exposure to certain pesticides, dyes, and chemicals related to gasoline
* Family history (I don't know this other than what he's told me.)
* Helicobacter pylori infection

[nightwng2000]

From what I've seen, either stage IIA or IIB is still treatable. A lot of different options exist. No guarantees, with any cancer treatment. You can only help someone so much. It's up to them to do something with that help.

Let us know how the phone call goes if you do call.

[Cecil475]

When I called, no one picked up. I didn't leave a message, As I would call later.
His wife/girlfriend?? cald me back and said he was sleeping and he would call me back when he woke up.

- Warren Lewis