Hi,

Best thing is to call your MO asap and inform them about the side effects such as ringing in the ear. Carboplatin is usually less toxic than Cisplatin yet still platinum based so it offers the benefit of being radio-sensitive and helping the radiation. I searched a lot for some trials that compared these two and never did find enough to sway me one way or the other in terms of which was more effective.

The MO and RO are the experts so get the options and recommendation and make your decision.

If you are only scheduled for a few chemo sessions at this point, getting a port is probably not going to be much benefit. In my case, the port went in early and it was used a lot between the induction chemo plus the weekly carbo plus plenty of saline IV.