 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Staging is very important to know and also what type of cancer. What stage and what type was the original cancer? Speaking from personal experience, I dropped 35 lbs from radiation and chemo. If he is already that underweight he should get a PEG tube. The doctors will probably insist on it. Typically they give radiation and chemo even when you have had the surgery. There is always hope...
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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