Many people have had chemo to shrink tumors, radio sensitize them, as mentioned with induction chemo, also called neoadjunt therapy. I ran across an article for PCC, Taxotere, Carboplatin, Cetuximab (Erbitux) that I will try to find.

http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/28/1/8.full.pdf?sid=3ec564bc-e0c7-4637-a86d-fbf18b6be4fb

Last edited by PaulB; 09-08-2013 08:35 AM. Reason: link
10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil
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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
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