I had 35 doses from collar bone to chin (tumor and affected nodes). I then had 5 doses of "cone-down boost" to the tumor site. Ten days after the boost was, shall we say, interesting.


Dx March 2011 via FNA (49 yrs old)
SCC BoT
HPV+ exact strain unknown
Stage IVa T3N2cM0
Cisplatin x 3, IMRT x 40 (7267 cGy)
One node removed post-treatment (rad dmg)
Clean PET 10/28/11
Swallow therapy