Jay,

It’s a small study, plus it’s from 2014, and may or may not be ongoing. My cancer was in the oropharynx, and 50% of the patient’s in this study were from there and the rest it doesn’t say, but they all received 33.04Gy, nd to my knowkedge, metastases usually do not occur in lymph level l for oropharyngeal cancer, but certain tongue cancers do. I thought in other studies in the oropharynx they were avoiding level 1, and there may be 100’s of studies, which you wouid have to qualify for at the start. At this point, you are probably getting 2Gy a day or around that, plus once you start radiation to a tumor it’s not good to stop until fully completed for a killing effect as it can make matters worse. I did my best not to miss any treatments, as advised by the doctors and staff too. Even if the scans show no cancer or the cancer was removed, there still can be microscopic metasteses that can recurr later on if not treated, and that’s what the radiation is for too. Cancer is best treated the first time, although some may have the misfortune to go through it a second time, but lucky enough to come through that. It gets more difficult as time goes on!

I hope this helps!