Your discussion about IMRT vs. "regular" radiation made me curious and I emailed my Rad. Onc. and asked him what kind of radiation treatment I had. His one word answer was "regular". I cannot help but wonder: If M.D.Anderson is the top cancer hospital in America and IMRT is clearly superior, then why was I treated with "regular" radiation?
Is it really that clear that IMRT is better? Is a different protocol used depending upon what stage one is in and how far the cancer has spread to lymph nodes?

Danny G.


Stage IV Base of Tongue SCC
Diagnosed July 1, 2002, chemo and radiation treatments completed beginning of Sept/02.