Senior Member (75+ posts) Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 79 | Just to clarify my point - I certainly think that doctors should provide information AND direction. My comment about "this being the patient's decision" was meant about well-meaning friends and family who might steer the patient in one direction or the other because of personal opinions, rather than medical information.
* Root for Joe * Sister of Joe (43, non-smoker/chewer; occ. drinker). Mouth problem 3/07. Diag with Stage I 6/07. Diag with Stage IV 9/07. In EPOC at Univ of Chicago. Cisplatin/cetuximab 1/wk x 8. Then, IMRT 5x/wk x 7 and weekly chemo. Done 12/21/07. Looks good as of 4/08, 7/08, 8/08, 1/09.
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