Roma

I agree with all of the above. I did not even know about OCF when I was DX and we had to make a similar choice: cisplatin or the supposed wonder drug: Erbitux. I chose the wonder drug and it turned out the my particular tumor was resistant to Erbitux's method of attack on the growth factor. Plus it made my radiation dermatitis much worse than usual. When the tumor came back, my MO switched me to carboplatin for my second round of chemo.
It is a hard choice and the worst part is that if it doesn't work, then you second guess yourself (or maybe that's just me)
I don't have an answer, since I did not take either drug you have to choose between but I do have sympathy.
Charm
In the end, so much of our fate depends upon our MO and RO.


65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13