 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | With a socialized medical system I am not surprised. RT over here is around 300K US.
When I orginally Dx'd they told me a 14 hour surgery and after three weeks or so they would have to raqdiate everything anyway. My odds were actually slightly better, due to infection risks, etc., so we went with radiation and chemo only. It's worked good for over 3 years now...
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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