My husband had pancreatic cancer over 5 years ago. Two years later he had adhesions surgery. Tests and Scans because his legs are swollen have shown a cancerous mass around the Mesenteric artery and veins. Is chemo advisable? Thank you for any information that would be be helpful for us to make a wise decision
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. If tumor mass encasing vessels than chemotherapy is the treatment of choice. Surgical resection is contraindicated due to encasement. So chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the only options available.  Targeted radiotherapy should be tried to decrease the tumor bulk. Systemic chemotherapy will useful in prevention of distal metastases and also reduce tumor size. So chemotherapy should be given in this case.