 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 618 | I am starting radiation on monday with a chemo boost. The doctor said chemo will add a 10% chance to my long term survival rate. I am getting low dose chemo weekly only as an aid to the radiation. Doctor said large doses are primarily to reduce size of tumor and or palative care. He said my doses will make the radiation more effective on the cancer by making it weaker. Said the side effects of the chemo will be reduced due to lower doses.
Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR
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