I asked the oncologist if he was going to give me a port for chemo therapy. He said it depends on how many doses he gives, and how my veins are. I read elsewhere that one should always get a port to save the veins.

Have any of you had chemo with no port and no problems.

btw, the drug he mentioned is Carboplatin


Squamous cell carcinoma base of tongue. Lymph involvement unclear; staging placed at "2 or 3." Biopsy 4/18/2008. Treatment: IMRT every day for 7 weeks. Cisplaten once a week to sensitize cancer to radiation. Treatment ended 7/16/08. PET/CT shows no more cancer.