"OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | Hey... With the number of lymphnodes involved I'd push for chemo, chemo is meant to soften up any remaining cancer so it is more easily damaged by radiation. It essentially boosts the radiation. I would not want to walk away at the end of this and say... Should I have? Particularly if you are faced with a recurrence.
Chemo in this case isn't a hold over (as in... Well if the rads doesn't work we'll try chemo... Sadly no chemo will work on this cancer... Unless there's a new trial drug out there that we haven't heard about. I would throw the book at it now if you can. Hugs.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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