 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I have to be honest that I am just learning about it myself. What I do know is that it is currently being used "off label" at one institution and about 175 H&N patients have been treated with it. I think that is is too soon to look at the 5 year survival rate and comparisons with more conventional treatment (along with double blind studies) will have to be conducted to prove it's efficacy.
It is exciting to think of the prospect of another treatment modality that doesn't involve the old slash, burn and poison protocols.
I do wonder why more H&N patients are not showing up here who have been treated with PBT (Proton Beam Therapy).
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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