 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Gary, Right, I'm aware that local regional IS the 15% benefit. What I was saying (or trying to anyway) is the same thing you just said--that distant metastasis is something different and I'm pretty sure those two huge clinical trials that showed the benefits of concurrent chemo found it did NOT have an effect on distant metastasis (although I don't have the articles in front of me).
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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