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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.
only about 20 % of patients with pancreatic cancer are able to have surgery because most pancreatic cancers are first diagnosed when the disease has already spread if surgery is not an option you and your doctor will talk about other treatment options surgery for pancreatic cancer may be combined with radiation therapy and or chemotherapy see below typically radiation therapy and chemotherapy are given after surgery called adjuvant therapy