I stumbled on this message board when looking up GTX. My father was
diagnosed on February 8th, 2008. He will be starting his first dose of
chemo tomorrow. He has a 2 cm mass in the pancreas with metastasis to
the omentum and duedonum. It was inoperable and he was initially given
2 weeks to 6 months. We are hoping that this treatment will give us
more precious time without him losing too much quality of life. We
went to Sloan but they did not suggest this therapy. A local hospital,
St. Frances, suggested this therapy as it has had some promising results. He has very little appetite and is weak but in no pain. He did have a resectioning also. This came on so sudden. He thought he had the flu, then a bladder infection and then jaundice and then given a death sentence! It seems so unfair. I do worry that it may be genetic. It is nice to hear someone else's story. It is difficult to talk about it to those so close to it.
Does anyone know about GTX? I'm curious to know how other's have responded to this. Thanks.