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Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 618 | I mentioned to my MO that I had some hearing loss from a previous ear infection. He immediately changed from Cisplatin to Carboplatin. He has been working with these two for decades and felt there was little difference between them.
Because Cisplatin came out later, most doctors recommend that but both have been on the market for over thirty years.
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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