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My wife has been newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that’s spread to her liver

Paulch
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Hi all, it’s my first time here and I’m looking for advice. Yesterday my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer 8cm mass that has also curled around her blood vessel and spread to a 13mm spot on her liver. She’s only 45 and has so much to live for and although we’ve not seen the oncology nurse yet I know that time is not on our side. 
however we do have hope which begins today, I’m hoping to talk with anyone that has the same sort of story as ours or anybody that may know of any clinical trials I can look at before we go to oncology. 

  • Hello Paulch

    I'm sorry to hear about your wife's diagnosis. Undoubtedly this will have been very difficult news for you to both hear but it sounds as if you're moving forward today with a positive mindset and I know that many of our members will agree that this will be a big help to you both. 

    We do have information on our website about finding a clinical trial that you might want to have a look at but I wondered if you might find it helpful to have a chat with one of our nurses ahead of your oncology appointment. I know they will be happy to listen and offer any advice, information, and support they can as well as help you think about questions that you might both want to ask. If you'd like to talk with them they're available Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm on 0808 800 4040. 

    It's easy to feel overwhelmed by information when a cancer diagnosis is first given so if you have any questions please do get in touch and we'll do our best to signpost you to where you can find answers and support. 

    Sending you both my very best wishes, 
    Jenn
    Cancer Chat moderator 

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    I strongly recommend you take a look over on the official UK pancratic website, so it's legit, not some quack site. They also have pancreatic nurses, that you can call and a forum. There may be options outside of the NHS should you ever wish to look into them. There, you'll see people talking about laser ablation for liver mets (i'm not sure if that is now offered on the NHS. It wasn't when my uncle had PC), and some people send their scans etc over to a treatment centre in Germany that happen to be a centre of excellence when it comes to PC.For example, they have operated on people who are deemed inoperable here in the UK and elsewhere. I'm assuming i can't name names, but it's easy enough to pull up in Google.

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