Nocam, Please consider salvage surgery. This has a curative intent. Would a clinical trial offer you curative intent as a stand alone treatment? I doubt it. There are a few of us on here who have had to go down the salvage surgery path. Did we want to ? Hell no. But Honestly there is still good quality of life to be had and it is far preferable to the other option. Life can still be good.Don't discount it. Please consider it. Tammy
Caregiver/advocate to Husband Kris age 59@ diagnosis DX Dec '10 SCC BOT T4aN2bM0 HPV+ve.Cisplatin x3 35 IMRT. PET 6/11 clear. R) level 2-4 neck dissection 8/1/11 to remove residual node - necrotic with NED Feb '12 Ca back.. 3/8/12 total glossectomy/laryngectomy/bilat neck dissection/partial pharyngectomy etc. clear margins. All nodes negative for disease. PEG in. March 2017 - 5 years disease free. Woohoo!
