"OCF Down Under" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: May 2010 Posts: 638 | Again, thanks Paul for adding the 2006 press release to your previous post. My response was before you added this so the quote I used actually came from the 2011 press release.
the 2006 press release is (not unsurprisingly) out of date and cetuximab is no longer limited to unresectable tumours as the 2006 release suggests.
The Full US Prescribing information contains 3 indications for Head and Neck Cancer. The one relevant to Nancy is below
"Locally or regionally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck in combination with radiation therapy".
Karen Love of Life to Alex T4N2M0 SCC Tonsil, BOT, R lymph nodes Dx March 2010 51yrs. Unresectable. HPV+ve Tx Chemo x 3+1 cycles(cisplatin,docetaxel,5FU)- complete May 31 Chemoradiation (IMRTx35 + weekly cisplatin) Finish Aug 27 Return to work 2 years on 3 years out Aug 27 2013 NED  Still underweight
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