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Whittle but too late for chemo

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Hi, my partner had stage 3 pancreatic cancer in Feb 2017. He had a Whipple operation but recovery was very very slow, perhaps as he was 76 at the time. He was too frail and missed the window: opportunity for chemo. What is his likely prognosis now?

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