"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 507 | Similar to what PaulB mentioned, I was told it was very important not to miss planned treatment days during the first half or so of TX due to cancer re-population concerns.
As I understood it, later in TX, the likelihood of significant re-population decreases.
Also, in my case they delayed my start of TX due to equipment update issues followed by a weekend. They said they needed a minimum of four treatments in a row before a normal two day week-end break to assure these early-on treatments would be optimally effective.
Don TXN2bM0 Stage IVa SCC-Occult Primary FNA 6/6/08-SCC in node<2cm PET/CT 6/19/08-SCC in 2nd node<1cm HiRes CT 6/21/08 Exploratory,Tonsillectomy(benign),Right SND 6/23/08 PEG 7/3/08-11/6/08 35 TomoTherapy 7/16/08-9/04/08 No Chemo Clear PET/CT 11/15/08, 5/15/09, 5/28/10, 7/8/11
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