Julie,

That's wonderful news about your husband! And very encouraging for me since I'm just now 4 months post-treatment and still dealing with the almost daily fear of recurrence or SPT. Dr. Kies is my primary medical oncologist while Dr. Garden is my radition oncologist and Dr. Diaz is my surgeon (although I didn't have surgery). You're right that any participation at all in the trial is good because of the almost instant access to the research nurse (Tess in my case). I'm also encouraged by the news Tess gave me that none of her controls have had a recurrence while there have been recurrences in the medication group. This kind of furthers my theory about getting cancer in the first place -- it's a roll of the dice. (but that's fodder for a completely different thread) In any case, thank you so much for your encouragement.

-Brett