Today Jeff was admitted to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Maryland for his screening protocol...basically to see if he's healthy enought to participate in a clinical trial (Percutaneous Heptac Perfusion or PHP). If all goes well today, the doctors here will do a procedure tomorrow to inject a chemotherapy agent directly into his liver and filter the blood before putting it back into his body. This helps target the liver metestasis and keep the toxins from the chemo out of his body. He can expect to be admitted to the ICU after the procedure and sent home on Friday.
If all goes well, the chemotherapy will reduce the liver tumors enough for surgeons to remove the tumors in the pancreas later on. It may take a couple of these treatments before they will consider surgery for the primary tumors.
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