 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Good grief Ed - that sounds like the worst Dx/Tx FUBAR imaginable! It's amazing you survived. I hope you have a good attorney - Maybe Brian will tesify as an expert witness ;-) But how did you get from the plastic surgeon to the radiation oncologist?
When I joined the site in late 2002 there were only a few people who had IMRT. The vast majority had XRT so you are hardly in the minority.
Ed's post is yet another compelling reason to go to a Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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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