OP Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 33 | That may be a good idea David. I've just been surfing and what I'm seeing is that, since SCC is such an aggressively growing cancer, that it is not good.
One article mentioned that every day missed adds about a 1.4% chance that loco-regional control is not contained.
If so, then this leads me to ask why not don 35 consecutive treatments including weekends and holidays?
Joel
Age 49, HPV 16+ SCC, T1N2bM0, Stage IV R Tonsil, 2 nodes, nonsmoker, lite drinker, 100 mile/wk biker, workout, play hockey, Tx:10/26--12/15/09, IMRT x35 70Gy, no surgery, Cis 1st rnd til some tinnitus loss after day 2, carbo next 3 wks, Peg in 3rd wk;still ate some solids 6th wk. 2012/05 Still Clean
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