Hi Leonard,
Carolyn here again about my mom, who is scheduled for surgery consult with Dr. Ray, UCSF next Thursday. We are awaiting the PET scan Monday from Kaiser. the onc. from Kaiser says that if the cancer is in her pancreau lymph node, surgery will not work. He saw a suspect lymph node (swollen on the CT scan) in that area.
Dr Hueng of UCSF thinks Cyberknife would be a good treatment for my mother, if surgery is not an option, with chemo. I read that you also had this for your wife. Was it done at UCSF?
I will probably have to fight Kaiser as they will want to do just a low dose of chemo, which does not seem to work from what I have read on this forum. I think they are considering pinpointed radiation of some sort also at the liver tumor. She does have Klatskin's however, and the cancer has invaded the liver wall..
I wish I had never heard of cholangio.Can you give me any further advice/encouragement?
Thank you,
Carolyn