They are replacing the taxotere with carboplatin, the Erbitux was was already there. What is proton therapy? Could my dad get it? Could he get it along the chemo he is doing right now?
== Care giver to father 61 SCC Tongue T1N2b stage IVA 6/1/12 - Tumor BOT (SCC) 6/10/12 - PET scans show 2 lymph node 6/30/12 - Glossectomy with 2/38 LNs 1cm clear marg 8/22/12 - started chemoRT (poor tolerance to Cisplatin) 10/2012 - 2 rounds of chemo only and RT completed 5/2013 - Upper left neck wounds started breaking down 8/2013 - PET scan shows recurrence and metastasis bottom of neck and possible lung 9/5/2013 - chemo: docetaxel/carboplatin + Erbitux
