 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | This is a definite improvement in the numbers since the last study which put the benefit of chemo at only 6% (combined with radiation) or so (the chemo they are talking about is Cisplatin).
The studies were originally printed in the New England Journal of Medicine.
I forwarded transcripts of the original report to Brian last week.
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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