Hi Larry,

You can be sure you are in good hands at MD Anderson. My husband has had both immunotherapy (phase 1 trial), chemo (taxol ad carboplatin, and now capecitabine), another clinical trial using a nuclear export inhibitor (phase 2 trial) and two rounds of radiation to deal with swollen paratrachial nodes.

I know, all this sounds overwhelming, but his condition is stable and he does look well considering how many different treatments he has had.

If you would like to read more about clinical trials and what each phase entails, here is the link
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/ctphases.html

Here is the link for more information about clinical trials
https://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/faqctgov.html

If you want to read about immunotherapy, which seems to hold a lot of promise, you may want to read my posts here
http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=183656&page=1

Wishing you all the very best, please continue to update to let us know how you are doing.


Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards

Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.