OP "OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: May 2010 Posts: 638 | I have just been reading an old post about dealing with phlegm caused by radiation and noticed that every single responder (with the possible exception of Ezjim who doesn't mention it in his signature) had received concurrent chemo. Is it a fact or an assumption that it is radiation that causes the phlegm rather than chemo (or cetuximab)? I ask this because my Alex has been suffering with phlegm for the entire 6 months of his treatment which started in March with induction chemo including cisplatin. And he didn't start radiation till July... Hmmm Karen
Karen Love of Life to Alex T4N2M0 SCC Tonsil, BOT, R lymph nodes Dx March 2010 51yrs. Unresectable. HPV+ve Tx Chemo x 3+1 cycles(cisplatin,docetaxel,5FU)- complete May 31 Chemoradiation (IMRTx35 + weekly cisplatin) Finish Aug 27 Return to work 2 years on 3 years out Aug 27 2013 NED  Still underweight
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