My husband is going through chemoradiation right now for stage 3 HPV cancer on base of tongue. In January they started 3 rounds of aggressive chemo treatment to get the tumor smaller and to remove the trach before radiation started. They started chemoradiation on March 17th and his last treatment is May 4th. I'm curious what others in the forum chemo protocol with radiation was / is? Since the tumor shrunk quite a lot from the chemo rounds, they changed him to a low dosage of cisplatin every week instead of doing it every 21 days. According to his appointments his last chemo day is this Wednesday. Is it normal to stop chemo 2 weeks before radiation ends?

Also what is the deal with the excessive saliva? He's had it since the trach tube and chemo rounds and we always thought it was because of the trach. The doctor's don't seem to have an answer to help it. He's so close to being done with radiation and he wants to give up because the excessive saliva is killing him and his throat.