I think, Rosemary, that you haven't gotten any information because you're talking about a clinical trial and no one on this forum has received this combination of drugs.

As an aside, though, all drugs have a scary list of side effects. I did have Erbitux, with the rash and the splitting skin on my fingers, but overall it was pretty tolerable. Never heard of the second drug, though. Can you ask your Father's doc if you can speak with any other patients that have already gone through this?


Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018