I was diagnosed with stage 4 tonsil cancer and I received concurrent radiation and chemotherapy. According to my oncologist, effects of the treatment strengthen each other when applied simultaneously. It is almost a year after completion of 48 rounds of radiation and 4 rounds of Cisplatin(done within seven weeks). The tonsil tumor disappeared after about three weeks of treatment and the enlarged (really very large) lymphnodes on my neck shrank gradually. Initially my doctor told me that neck dissection might be necessary but thank God, two months after the treatment, the CT scan and ultra sound scan could not detect cancer cells and so I am spared from the 'knife'.Although the treatment is effective, the side-effects are more fierce too. No more saliva,raspy voice, numb limbs, stiff neck and shoulder muscle, fatigue... Lucky that I didn't lose any hair.