"J" <
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> Peter Moran wrote:
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> > "woodpecker" <
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> > > My brother just had a 1 cm pancreatic cancer removed. Today we got
the
> > > pathology reports back which showed that the cancer had spread to several lymph nodes. Is it
> > > unusual for a tumor that small to have already metastasized? Feel free to e-mail me.
> > >
> > > Woodpecker
> >
> > It's not unusual in aggressive cancers, as is usually the case with pancreatic cancers.
> >
> > Peter Moran.
>
> What does that mean in terms of time and outcome? and mets (further away
from
> the pancreas?) I ask because I don't recall lymph nodes mentioned before (yet they
probably
> are/were involved in those with mets? J
You will have a fair idea yourself of the usual prognosis with pancreatic cancer. I suspect the
reason is that it is rarely diagnosed diagnosed before there is lymph node/metastatic spread. That
also means it is not possible to dissect out the influence of various factors on survival rates or
final outcomes.
Peter Moran