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#195914 03-19-2018 08:07 PM
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Hi Everyone, New to this whole thing. My dad just got out of surgery for his mouth cancer. They are saying they found cancer in his lymph nodes and it is an aggressive cancer so we are now going to have to do Radiation and Chemo. I am starting to research about Radiation and have come across some different methods. One being IMRT (intensity Modulated Radiotherapy) as well as Radioimmunotherapy both which seem to lessen the damage to the salivary glands. I was wondering on any advise on what radiation treatment people have used


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Heres a link to the main OCF site where theres page after page of info about treatments. One thing about the radioimmunotherapy... is it something that works on OC or is it a trial? At this time theres all kinds of breakthru's being discovered but as of right now the only way to eliminate OC is thru conventional treatment such as surgery and/or radiation with or without chemo. Chemo helps make the radiation more effective. By itself, it can shrink tumors but not completely eliminate them.

Main OCF Site... treatment section


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Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile

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