Thanks for the feedback. Some answers:
-she is being treated at a CCC - Dana Farber in Boston.

-We are waiting results for HPV. The doctors tell us that the results will not change their treatment recommendations.

-The team (after the tumor board review) has given us the two options and say that the end result will be the same. This gives me great comfort that we cannot make a wrong decision. It's up to us to make the choice. Needless to say, the surgeon is pro surgery, and the chemo onc. prefers the non-surgical option!

-The options:
-surgical option: surgery+chemo+rad
-non-surgical: chemo+rad, with a 33% chance of need surgery post-treatment.

Of course, we feel a lot of pressure to make a decision very soon. If she goes the non-surgical route, then we have the rad dry run on Thursday and chemo the following Monday.


Little Bird, CG to mother, diagnosed March 15, 2013, age 70, non-smoker, non-drinker
BOT, HPV+
Cisplatin and 35 days of radiation, completed June 13, 2013.
Looks like they got it all. (knock on wood)