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Joined: May 2009 Posts: 72 | David,
Have you heard of others getting an extra 3 chemos after the standard treatment? And were they cisplatin? Cisplatin seems so toxic and I worry about the side effects of three more chemos with that drug. Just wondering. Of course he will have his hearing tested and the appropriate blood tests.
Vanessa
Jeff age 49 DX 5/8/09 Tonsil cancer T2N2BMO. Tonsillectomy 5/14/09. TX: Cisplatin 3x's every 21 days w/ 33 Rad concurrent. 2-3 nodes on right neck affected. PEG 7/10/09. Chemo/rad start 6/12/9, TX finished 7/28/09. Extended TX
3 more chemo/Cisplatin/5FU/Docetaxil start 9/11, Clean PET 10/29/09.
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