Lrn10,

There is a posting on the OCF "oral cancer in the news" section about the results of a clinical trial that combined Erbitux and radiation therapy. The link to the story is:
http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/news/story.asp?newsId=667

The relevant thing here is that Erbitux is a monoclonal antibody treatment, not a chemotherapy drug. It could be that this combination avoids the adverse effects of chemo but provides advantages over radiation only. Best, Sheldon