I'm sorry for your troubles. Stopping radiation, and chemo is a very bad idea. It gives the cancers a chance to repopulate, become hypoxic, and cancer usually comes back stronger, and radiation treatmant is dosed to prevent this. By stopping radiation, it's overall effectiveness is greatly reduced, and is compared to losing 1% overall survival for each day missed. Your body can become resistant to chemo over time, and that's why treatments are kept short for this, and toxicity reasons, and you may not be able to go on the same chemo regimine, being initially chemo niave patient now, which has a good response to chemo. After that it's not as effective.

I had TPF induction chemo, Taxotere, Cisplatin, 5-FU for 5 days only. I could receive further curative treatment due to being hospitalized, but my tumors disappeared, clean scan 8 months later, so it worked, but cancer came back, and again, and again, and again.

As ChristineB asked, what additional info do you have, and many here can help, including your doctors, hospital.

Last edited by PaulB; 03-03-2013 04:45 PM. Reason: Induction chemo

10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil
11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp
01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks
06/11 30 HBO
08/11 RND PNI
06/12 SND PNI LVI
08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy
10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux
10/13 SND
10/13 TBO/Angiograph
10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI
12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo
11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO
03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN
09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy
04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site
06/17 Heart Attack Stent
02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs