OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 58 | Thanks for the support, Mark.
Fortunately, it isn't so much a choice that I face right now. The fact of the matter is, I and my doctors did really well in getting rid of the appearance of this disease (who knows what the scan will show). Now I just want to do what I can to make sure that it doesn't return. So I am looking at a variety of things and sources and strategies. Good diet, exercise and attitude seem to be the front-runners ;-)
Whether this is really "bad" stuff, I think that is unlikely. It is an MTD study (Maximum Tolerable Dose), but the underlying drug, Erlotinib, has been approved as a cancer fighting drug on the second or third line.
I have begun to wonder why this substance was chosen, given that it is not considered a first-line fighter.
SCC Right Tonsil, T2N1M0, Dx 12/04, Tx 40 radiation (180 rad), 8 Chemo (carbo), Tx ended 3/15/05, Selective neck dissection 5/24/05, 22 nodes, 4 levels, no evidence of metastatic malignancy!!! :-)
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