Hello Friends,
Please join us tomorrow evening – Wednesday November 20 for the Monthly meeting of the Silicon Valley Affiliate of PanCAN at Sports Basement (SB) in the Pruneyard, Campbell, 6:00 – 8:00 1875 Bascom Ave. The first half hour will be social, SB provides refreshments.
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MEET AND GREET: others who share your determination to Know, Fight, and End pancreatic cancer.
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HELP: with the wrap up of our successful PurpleStride.
HEAR: about the “Current Diagnostic Tools” webinar (Dr. Pochapin) that took place last week and the PALS Peer-to-Peer Network
LEARN: how you can participate in the “Purple with a Purpose” and “Like The Fight” November awareness campaigns that are taking place nationally.
Hope to see you there! Show your PURPLE!
Diane Borrison, Volunteer Advocacy Coordinator
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Seven Year Survivor/Silicon Valley Affiliate
dborrison@pancanvolunteer.org 408-476-0531
Clinical Trials - MORE OPTIONS MORE HOPE. Visit www.PanCAN.org
A new pancreatic cancer therapy, PRRT (Rich will explain the physics)
The father of one of our volunteers has finally been accepted for this treatment - after many months of waiting until his health improved. The treatment is also available at Hopkins, I believe but his Stanford doctors advise that the best results are coming from Europe. The video is very interesting - about an hour in duration. Here is her message:
Great news...the volunteer’s dad has tentatively been accepted at two different hospitals in Europe for PRRT. One hospital is located in Basal Switzerland and the other is in a small town called Bad Berka in Germany.
http://prrtinfo.org/index.php/for-doctors/43-bad-berka-approach-to-prrt
JOIN US FOR A FREE WEBINAR!
Genetics of Pancreatic Cancer
Monday, December 9, 2013
11 a.m. - 12 p.m., Pacific Time
Please note time zone differences below:
12 - 1 p.m. MDT • 1 - 2 p.m. CDT • 2 - 3 p.m. EDT
This webinar will explore familiar patterns of pancreatic cancer, hereditary risk and precursors for pancreatic cancer.
Speaker:
Randall E. Brand, MD
Director, GI Malignancy Early Detection, Diagnosis & Prevention Program
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
A Heart Warming Tale of Hope
Dear Richard,
Patty Virgilio
Getting a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer shortly after my 50th birthday was not how I expected to usher in this new decade. I had been celebrating my milestone by traveling and shortly after returning home had a nagging, persistent pain in my stomach, so I sought medical advice. My diagnosis was stage III pancreatic cancer with my tumor positioned in such a way that I did not qualify for surgery.
I boosted my attitude and went full force into aggressive chemotherapy and radiation treatment. The tumor reduced, and I was then able to have surgery to remove it. Currently, I am receiving more chemo in a clinical trial — whatever it takes to try and keep this aggressive disease away.
I wake each day thinking, “I am as alive today as everyone else. It is how we choose to live each day that matters, and I choose life!”
During Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month I ask you to spread the word so others can be informed about the availability of clinical trials. Call the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network’s Patient and Liaison Services (PALS) program if you need any information or for a personalized clinical trial search. This organization has the nation’s leading clinical trials database. I recommend this group without hesitation. They truly are trying to change the future of this disease, and do not charge any fees for these exceptional services.
Wishing you well,
Patty Virgilio
Pancreatic Cancer Survivor
Contact PALS at 877-272-6226, Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. or pals@pancan.org
