 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Michelle,
It sounds like they are giving him the maximum dose of radiation (AKA a "boost") which would be around 72 Gy. The Cisplatin is an adjunct to the radiation so if would be normal to add another dose to coincide with the "boost".
My wife was a most excellent note taker - and she had to be - my mind was too scrambled and preoccupied to remember 1/2 of what was told to me during Tx. All of my decision points and trees were made pre Tx. My wife (and I, of course) mainly had to deal with the side effects of Tx which changed frequently.
David - not only do I not have to shave my neck but the Tx also permanently cured my snoring (yet another hidden "benefit").
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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