Shawn, I had Cisplatin, not carboplatin, with Taxotere and Taxotere again with Erbitux. I was not to happy about having chemo again after my first nearly killing me. I asked my local oncologist, who I trust dearly, said now is the best time with my body at its best in three years, not when I'm weaker, and went over the suggested chemo by the CCC, Erbitux, which she was fine with, and would also say carboplatin, being I didn't know about the Taxotere yet. Then when I told her, she was fine with the low dose, 80mg, but that was stopped about the 4th week due to aggravating my neuropathy, and had to use a walker, plus the eye infection from a blocked tear duct from Taxotere, but could have been Erbitux, but more likely Taxotere being it happened with my first chemo.

There is induction chemo or neoadjunt treatment, called TP, Taxotere, Cisplatin or Carboplatin, which is higher dose in two or three cycles, and then another chemo usually after completion.

What would you like to know about the neck dissection? Which one?

Good luck.