| Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF! The 3 large doses of cisplatin seem to cause more nausea while the smaller weekly doses are easier to tolerate. I do not know of any research proving the better effectiveness of either method. Chemo is used to help boost the radiation, alone it will not cure the cancer. If I was offered a choice and know now what i didnt then, I would have chosen the smaller weekly doses.
If he will be getting cisplatin, make sure to have a baseline hearing test done as well as a full blood count including thyroid. You may need these results later to use as a reference of where his numbers should be. Many who have had cisplatin report high frequency hearing loss which is permanent (not me). ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive | | |
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Surgery, now cisplatin and radiology...3 or 7 wk?
| Goodhealthahead | 06-28-2012 01:46 AM |
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| KP5 | 06-28-2012 02:21 AM |
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| Steve F. | 06-28-2012 02:40 AM |
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| Goodhealthahead | 06-28-2012 10:46 AM |
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| Goodhealthahead | 06-28-2012 02:55 AM |
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| Karen Rose | 06-28-2012 03:18 AM |
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| Maria | 06-28-2012 04:07 AM |
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| Goodhealthahead | 06-28-2012 04:16 AM |
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| Maria | 06-28-2012 04:27 AM |
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| tim6003 | 06-28-2012 04:39 AM |
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| ChristineB | 06-28-2012 12:21 PM |
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| davidcpa | 06-28-2012 12:32 PM |
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| Cheryld | 06-28-2012 12:55 PM |
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| Maria | 06-28-2012 03:17 PM |
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| zengalib | 06-28-2012 04:35 PM |
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| KP5 | 06-28-2012 06:56 PM |
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| Goodhealthahead | 06-29-2012 03:19 AM |
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| davidcpa | 06-29-2012 12:44 PM |
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| AnneO | 06-29-2012 07:31 PM |
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| KP5 | 06-30-2012 12:56 AM |
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| davidcpa | 07-02-2012 02:10 PM |
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| Goodhealthahead | 07-04-2012 12:20 AM |
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| KP5 | 07-04-2012 01:56 AM |
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| Cheryld | 07-04-2012 02:45 AM |
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