Hi Hellion,

I was going to put this in a PM, but thought (risky business, I know...) that it might be of general interest as well.

My take on the Cisplatin vs Carboplatin is this: no one knows for sure

It's true that the former has harsher (more severe) side effects and that the later is a reformulation that reduces the severity of the original.

Beyond that, things are murky. The reasons are several, but primarily reduce to "variability." Variability in the way the substances affect the patients, exacerbated by the variability in the patient outcomes; and variability in the experiences of different oncologists to the same (resulting in different conclusions based on the data available to them).

I don't think you will go wrong with either choice; but having made that choice, I wouldn't give the decision you made another thought, your reasons and reasoning are sound, both chemos are known to be effective.

Bottom line, I would have done what you did under the circumstances you experienced.

Best of luck to you, Hellion,

Bart