"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 507 | Steve, I had Tomo, but not for the larynx, so I can't say what difference that might make.
Tomo has been around since 2004 and a lot of the advantages it had are now commonly available with Varian's RapidArc (SmartArc, or Smartbeam) and Siemens VMAT.
Although quite a few independent studies have found Tomo's Helical Arc is still as good as it gets for H&N.
In my case I was sent to the Tomo Center do to concern I would need more areas radiated since I had an unknown primary location with two small nodes that didn't adequately correlate to single primary location.
So far I can't complain - best of luck
Don TXN2bM0 Stage IVa SCC-Occult Primary FNA 6/6/08-SCC in node<2cm PET/CT 6/19/08-SCC in 2nd node<1cm HiRes CT 6/21/08 Exploratory,Tonsillectomy(benign),Right SND 6/23/08 PEG 7/3/08-11/6/08 35 TomoTherapy 7/16/08-9/04/08 No Chemo Clear PET/CT 11/15/08, 5/15/09, 5/28/10, 7/8/11
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