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Joined: May 2013 Posts: 134 | Keep in mind I am NOT a doctor! There is wisdom in keeping due diligence with the docs but a delay at this point may be the right thing. From strictly a cancer treatment perspective the stronger he is the better he will tolerate treatment. It may be that the docs decided there was something to be gained with a delay.
Do not be afraid to ask them questions and they should have answers.
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
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