"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 618 | Ed,
When I did my treatment at U of M my Oncologist said they were going with Cisplatin weekly. When I mentioned some hearing loss from an old ear infection, he imediatly changed to the Carbo. I asked him what the difference was and he said "Not much" said they are both old drugs in use for over thirty years and he had no real preferance. Since Cis. came our a little later then Carbo, it must make it a default of some sort.
As I said earlir, I did my chemo weekly with no ill effects.
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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