Lyn

In rereading my post on Erbitux, I realized that I was not clear that for 95% of oral cancer patients, Erbitux is a really good decision. Unquestionably, both the Bonner and the Extreme trials indicate that Erbitux is an effective treatment for most oral cancer patients. Unfortunately I was part of the 5% of oral cancer patients for whom Erbitux just does not work at all due to genetics (it also does not work for 40% of colorectal cancer patients but they have a test to determine who's who for them but not for us). So it's almost certain that you will have good results from the trial. It is important that the trials do get enough Erbitux patients to finally settle the question if it is as good or better than platinum. Hey, when the weatherman says there is a 95% chance of sunshine and only 5% of rain, nobody packs an umbrella. I apologize in advance if my biased comments last night caused you any worries. You will be fine
Charm

Last edited by Charm2017; 09-24-2012 08:00 AM. Reason: typos

65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin

Passed away 4-29-13