 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | August,
welcome to the world of "second guessing" I think it comes with the territory. I don't really have anything to add - everyone has already said what I might have said.
The NCCN guidelines are on the fence, especially depending on what exactly is the area of your tumor. In one case is says to "consider radiation" in another "rt optional", yet in another it shows the decision tree going straight from surgery to "watchful waiting" (standard followup exams).
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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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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