Chemotherapy and pancreatic cancer

Chemotherapy is one of the main treatments for pancreatic cancer.

Our specialist nurse, Jeni, explains chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer, who can have chemotherapy and the possible side effects. Carol and Stuart share their personal experience of having chemotherapy.

You can speak to our specialist nurses on 0808 801 0707.

This video was published April 2021, and last reviewed in April 2022. To be reviewed April 2024.

[susanbanks]

i was lucky enough to have had the WHIPPLE operation followed by 6 months of Chemo,

[beverlyhommy]

My husband is 67. Diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer -spread to liver, lung, lymph nodes and maybe bones. Stage 4 they say.

[fariyakiran]

My mother diagnosed pencreatic cancer in September she is not eating any thing

[KenjiWin]

My mom she have now a pancreatic head mass pls help us 😢😢😢

[leewalsh]

Hello, my husband of 43 years was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the beginning of December 2021 aged 65, he has been through a battery of ultrasounds and CT scans and the conclusion of it all is that he is border line operable, the NHS have scheduled him for a three to four month campaign of chemotherapy using a drug named FOLFIRINOX in the hope of shrinking his tumour away from his portal vein, could anyone tell me how effective the treatment is in shrinking the tumour?