 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Chemo for H&N is not typically used as a first line treatment but as an adjunct to radiation therapy (enhancer). It can increase the effectiveness of the radiation by as much as 13%.
You're getting ahead of yourself here - wait until all of the diagnostic information is in. Like Mellay said it could be many other things besides a recurrence. It's all too easy to panic - we've all been there. Take a deep breath.
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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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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