 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 618 | Tristeve,
a lot of us had the amifostine. I was able to tolerate 28 days and then had to quit due to rashes.
I have fairly good saliva but the jury is out on weather the amifostine works. I know of two CCC's that no longer even use it with their patients.
It's a personal call and very expensive.
Kelly
Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR
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