 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | There have been many discussions on acupuncture, mostly with unsatisfactory results (except for the doctors making money off of it). Do a search on the archives for this topic and you will get an earful. Your best shot at preserving salivary function is if you are are candidate for IMRT. Some had had limited sucess with Amofostine (if they could tolerate the treatment).
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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