 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Tumors place thousands of cancer cells into the bloodstream every day. The immune system does a good job of taking them out usually. Surgery shouldn't make a difference in metastesis risk.
IMRT can be repeated if not in the same location. They always give the minimum dose of 60-66 cGy's of radiation up to around 70 cGy.
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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