 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Marge,
and welcome to the site. I will let Theresa answer the brachytherapy question.
I had 2 rounds of Cisplatin (Platinol) chemotherapy. It is a alkylating agent that enriches the oxygen in the tumor making radiation more effective.
I don't know much about Lymphoma or Photodynamic therapy so I will defer those to others also.
Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) is the most common form of head and neck cancer and is a relative of skin cancer.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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