I'll have to ask my MO when I see him in 2 weeks what his experience is, but my experience on the forum has been maybe 1/2 dozen or less were hosptalized for infusion. I probably should have been. I have Hep C and got so violently ill from the treatment that they shortened it by 1. I'll be 59 in 2 weeks and 55 when I started the adventure.

Maybe that's their protocol at their institution - I just spoke with the oncology nurse and they hospitalize very few for infusion, in fact, mostly those with a peritoneal drip for cervical cancer specifically. The center I go to is in a densely populated area (7 million in the greater bay area) and go through the infusion center like cattle. They would have to build a whole new wing to house all of the infusion patients.

Cisplatin is typically coordinated with radiation, hence the 3 week intervals. I had 33 rad treatment, maybe 37 makes a difference in the Cisplatin schedule.

They also give Cisplatin as a stand alone treatment occasionally, but not typically for H&N cancer.