Thanks
please keep the info comming in.... perhaps it will make sense eventually.

Jordan re amifostene (ethyol): Check it out on wikipedia (This is an excellent source for a lot of these things). Briefly (from the literature): It is a chemoprotectant. It is used to decrease the toxicity of cisplatin. (kidneys). Also it reduces the incidence xerostomia.
It does however also have side effects on its own. .... And it "may" also protect tumor cells, but I do not know if ther is credible evidence for this. After discussing this with the RO we decided not to use it.