 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Chemotherapy (ct), by itself, is still not considered a frontline treatment for head & neck cancers. It is either used as an adjunct to radiation or for palliative purposes. Things are changing rapidly in this area however, with monoclonal antibodies and targeted growth receptor drugs.
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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