 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | You never mentioned what staging it was. He is taking a bit more of a risk. Many feel that doing all three (surgery, radiation and chemo), has the highest chance of survival. Tongue cancers can be pretty aggressive. They can perform "salvage surgery" later if need be. There are others here who have had radiation and chemo only for tongue cancer and hopefully will add to the conversation. As far as "massive" goes, typically they give the full amount of radiation possible with most head & neck cancers (72Gy). Is he getting IMRT or XRT?
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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