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She seems to have some. She tried to get him into a study but 2 things prevented that from happening.
1. His healing time from the whipple
2. The VA wouldn’t approve the treatment through the Fee basis.
Yes, the positive lymph nodes were removed and all margins were clear. The surgeon only does hepatic and pancreatic surgery. His comments were that he didn’t often get to give good news but he felt this was good news but cautioned us that the Bile duct runs through the liver and they couldn’t remove that. His ca19-9 is now 40. It was high prior to the surgery. There is no evidence currently of further spread.
I am still wondering how many vietnam vets have had this as I have found some mention in my research regarding exposure to dioxin as well as liver flukes in SE Asia.
It seems most die before they would be able to pursue help from the VA.