I had the same TPF IC as Don, and lost all my head, and body hair, fingernails and toenails too, and did not have radiation with it. It's was probably more the Taxotere, and 5-FU, I believe, but will never know. Still, cisplatin can cause hair loss, not that it will. Radiation alone made the hair come out in the radiated field. I didn't have to shave for months, then I had Taxotere, with Erbitux, another time, with radiaion, and hair thinned again, coming out in the shower escoecuakly. Again, I think it was the Taxotere on the top. Radiation slightly on the side. My hair is thinner now, less thick, but my hair stylist knows how to cut it. I'm stil lucky being 52 with head hair lol. Good luck.


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