"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: May 2008 Posts: 551 | I would seek a second opinion if I were you. More and more MO's do endorse smaller weekly doses of cisplatin. There is no reduction in efficacy and considerably lower risk of damaging side effects like neuropathy and hearing loss. During my infusions, I received Aloxi and Emend and had minimal trouble with nausea and never had chemotherapy induced vomiting. http://www.aloxi.com/cinvHome.aspxhttp://www.emend.com/aprepitant/emend/consumer/index.jsp
Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08 Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016 Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018
|