Hi all.
My brother has just turned 39 years old and has been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer a few days ago. He has been given 3-6 months to live. The cancer is 5cm in the head of his pancreas, and has also metastasised to his liver I believe as well as several peritoneal lymph nodes - although the medical team are not sure about the lymph nodes at the moment. (this is a medical negligence case which we will be dealing with separately)
This was a huge shock for us and we are completely devastated. He has a 5 month old and 5 year old too.
He has received no treatment thus far. His cytology report was inconclusive and he therefore had a liver biopsy to determine the tumour type. We will then look to start chemotherapy asap. He also has a PET-CT scan scheduled for next week. We've also looked into and started some alternative therapies too.
We are feeling so lost. I wanted to know if anyone please please has any advice regarding next steps/what we can do to fight this? We are more than happy to pay/go private/go abroad if this will help. We are based in the UK.
Any support would be greatly appreciated.