 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | The typical Cisplatin protocol has been three infusions, every three weeks with the first one on the first day of radiation.
Some people have had smaller and more frequent infusions but not many have been in-patient so I would be curious to ask about that part of it. Most of us just got our chemo and went home.
If you have a choice get the radiation before the chemo treatment. Eat before you have chemo. It's easier on a full stomach.
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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