 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | I was told that in 1997. In 2001, there were trials for Erbitux that were no longer open that seemed to be having some success in head and neck cancers, but they didn't feel that chemo would help my cancer of the larynx, but then I could not couple it with radiation since I had already had it. Maybe some of the newer chemo drugs have a better success rate than they use to with head and neck cancers. Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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