Hi LauriAnn

If this were me, I would be using the 4 month break to go get an opinion/confirmation from another oncologist. However, if this were Alex, I also know I would have the battle Royal on my hands.

Is there a way for you to arrange to send your husband's medical records to another physician at a cancer centre that treats OC every day for an opinion? This can be done in Australia (if one is persistant) but not sure if you can do this in the US?

There are two things I would question:
the validity of doing chemotherapy AFTER chemoradiation
and waiting 4 months to do it.

There are studies that trial chemotherapy after chemoradiation but I am unsure of whether or not the results showed any improvement over chemoradiation alone. There is a school of thought amongst specialists that chemotherapy with 3 agents is useful PRIOR to chemoradiation (Alex and I opted for this despite weak evidence but strong logic at the time) - but even that is still controversial.

There might be something in your husband's medical records that makes him a candidate for the treatment your oncologist is suggesting that we/you are not aware of and which might be explained by a specialist you might approach for a second opinion?