 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | It's good that your dad is getting the maintenance done now. I can't really answer the question about the cap however. When does he get the permanent one put on? Have you run this by the radiation oncologist? I take it that he had a dental assessment? Was he fitted for dental trays to do the at home flouride treatments he will need to do?
The radiation effects will start to appear at about 3 weeks - sooner for some.
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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