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Chemotherapy| is the use of anti-cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to destroy cancer cells. It is one of the most commonly used treatments for pancreatic cancer. Chemotherapy is the use of anti-cancer (cytotoxic) drugs to destroy cancer cells.It is one of the most commonly used treatments for pancreatic cancer.It may be given: 1  after surgery to reduce the chance of the cancer coming back-this is known as adjuvant chemotherapy.hemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer Back to top. Gemcitabine is the most commonly used treatment. Sometimes a combination of three chemotherapy drugs called FOLFIRINOX may be given. Itâs made up of folinic acid (leucovorin) and the chemotherapy drugs fluorouracil (5FU), irinotecan and oxaliplatin.
The best known of the blood markers for pancreatic cancer is CA19-9, a âcarbohydrate associated antigenâ also known as a sialylated Lewis (a) antigen.This marker is somewhat uneven in the diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, but can be quite elevated in those with pancreatic cancer.Approximately 10% of Caucasians lack the Lewis antigen, so in them the CA19-9 is not expressed.urrently, some oncologists appear to feel that the best use of the CA19-9 marker is as a guide to follow the disease and treatment process in a given individual patient. There are mutations in specific DNA genes that are found commonly in pancreatic cancer. Some of these well-known genes are k-ras, p53 and p16.