Funnygirl,

I just got a claer scan from the University of Pittsburgh where I went for a third round of radiation after a recurance. I had the University of Michiga, MD Anderson and Sloan Kettering look at my condition and they all said surgery was not an option and I had too much previous readiation to consider more. They all said I could get chemo to slow things down but I was looking at a terminal condition.

The University of Pittsburgh has a trial they have been running for 4 years using cyberknife radiation w/Erbitux. Given the alternativs I went with Pitt. I had four sessions of Chemo and five of cyberknife over two an a half weeks.

The Doctor running the program over there is Dr. Robert Ferris. You can find him on the UPMC website. Have your doctor send Dr. Ferris your records and he will let you know if you qualify for the trial. It worked for me.

Hope this helps.


Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR