I just want to compare it with father's metastatic liver cancer and since the outcome of e.g. father, Pavarotti and Patrick Swayze is the same, sometimes you wonder why you still hope to find a different answer on the internet? Because hope is a fundamental necessity in order to survive.
In our local community I am getting recognized as "the cancer specialist". Gosh, I am not! Doctors specialize for years and years in 1 type of cancer, so I am no specialist. I do know about palliative care and I do know how cancer changes the live of a person and his dearest beloved ones. So I am trying to live up to people's expectations. In the end the questions are more or less the same, and for sure the anger, pain and fear that rises with the disease, are similar as well.
The chance of recovery and treatment options for pancreatic cancer will depend on whether can the tumor be removed by surgery.
Other factors to take into consideration are the stage of the cancer:
- whether it is localized
- or has spread to surrounding nearby tissues or lymph nodes or to other parts of the body.
The patient’s general health is also important and whether the cancer has just been diagnosed or it is a recurrence. In the end: once you have seen one cancer, it seems that the general answers are quite similar... I could have said the above also about father's metastatic liver cancer.
Pancreatic cancer can be controlled only if it is detected early before it has spread and surgery is possible.
If however if the cancer has spread, the prognosis would be poor and palliative treatment can improve the qualify of life.
You all need to know that "quality of life' is a buzz word used by doctors and nurses. It's up to you and your loved ones to give your personal answer on what is meant by quality of life. You will learn that things are relative...
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David