And I wonder how many of those patients would have ended up needing a PEG anyway.

And for the record, I have no regrets about having a PEG. There would have been no way for me to get the nutrition my body required without one. I lost no weight at all during treatment, had no trouble with dehydration or getting meds as required, and when I was able, I returned to eating by mouth. No harm, no foul.

Clearly, everyone else's results may vary.

- Margaret

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