Hello and welcome,

I too am a healthcare professional and my father was diagnosed with stage IV cancer of the head and neck with similar symptoms as your friend. You have certainly came to the right site for support, compassion and the answers you are searching for. I have found this site to have the most comprehensive information and we all are hear for you. My father starts his first 6 hr chemo treatment in the am followed by soon to start radiation tx.'s. Please keep him in your prayers and we will be praying for you and your friend.
D'Arcy

caregiver to father, stage IV SCC with lesion on base of tongue and mets to right lymph nodes. Current chemotherapy taxol, carboplatin and erbitux. Will start radiation 4/1/08 7 wks, 35 treatments with questionable radiacal neck at end of radiation.