 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Hi David,
To give you the "other" side..............I did not have chemo, only radiation. I had XRT radiation. I had microscopic cancer in one of my lymphnodes, so my docs decided against cancer. That was four years ago and I'm still doing fine. Are you having IMRT? I do believe that most with IMRT also have chemo.
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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