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Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | Ina,
The treatment your MIL is receiving can only be described as palliative since chemo alone will not stop head and neck cancer if there was any left after surgery.
Your question about what they are trying to accomplish is a good one to ask the doctor. Also, ask about clean margins during surgery. This is something that needs to be discussed with both your MIL and the family.
Wishing you strength right now,
Deb
Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!
Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill
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