I had already asked that question of our Surgeon and he does not believe in just radiating and chemo. He told us to go to MD Anderson if we did not want the surgery, but that he felt there was more risk of a reoccurance if we just did rad and chemo. He believes in removing the cancer and then aggressively following with tratments appropriate for each case. Our meeting with the oncologist went very well. He said with surgery and radiation we would have about a 75% suvival rate and if we add the Erbitux, it goes up to 90%. He has had nothing but excellent results combining both. The radiologist is Monday and our second opinion next Thursday at Siteman. Whew! Took lots of notes and asked tons of questions. Husband walked out and already scheduled the trial session for Ebitrux for the 25th. We can always cancel. If it is well tolerated then he will have 1 1/2 hours of it once a week along with the radiation. Husband is ready to go and I still want some answers! God love him!

Nancy