I would for sure seek another opinion. I have mets to both lungs and was on Erbitux for 4 months. The Erbitux kept the tumors at bay until now. I am now waiting for approval to start immunotherapy. The first drug will be Opdivo. Although only 15-20% of people respond to this treatment, there are many people who have been on it for two years and still going strong. There are also many trials that have different immunotherapy and targeted therapy drugs available. Standard chemo will not cure let alone hardly slow down the tumor progression once it has spread to the lungs. Although my care is still considered palliative, there are many who have pretty much wiped out the tumors on these new treatments.

Please seek out a CCC or at least an oncologist who has been prescribing these new treatments.


Jeff - 41yrs old/previous smoker
SCC buccal mucosa/jaw bone Stage 4
Nov '14 Partial Mandibulectomy with fibula flap, neck dissection
Jan '15 Rads x35 Cisplatin x2
Apr '15 PET/CT concerning area Follow up MRI no mass.
July '15 PET/CT 11mm nodule in right lower lobe the lung.
Oct '15 PET/CT right lung nodule 3cm mass also new left lung nodules
Nov '15 erbitux
Mar '16 CT tumors are growing again, waiting on next step
June'16 hospice had 3 Opdivo infusions trying to regain health