Hi all and thanks for the response, life's been a bit interesting, was living in the states for a while, now back in China, "in between" jobs at the moment and need this like ...well like I need this.

Eileen, apparently the EBV thing is THOUGHT to be one of the causes of this sort of cancer, along with being from certain areas of the worlk (like S China, where I happen to live) and eating salted meat and fish) Mostly a viral/genetic thing.

After I wrote the first post, I went back and reviewed my previous scans, one in 2006 showed a high uptake, as I had done that right after a bad cold, one in 2007 showed low uptake.

The doc wants to do the EPV test before re runs a tube up my nose because the test seems a bit discomforting in his words. He also knows I' a baby when it comes to this sort of thing.

Now, to make matters even more confusing, the air's been real dry, humidity in the low 30% so my sinuses are a bit dried out. Of course go to blow my nose this morning first thing and get a bit of blood. Not a good sign.

So, going from the "denial" phase to to the "What if" phase...

Treatment?

I've had 2 rounds of IMRT, each side of neck, 1 and a half rounds of cisplatin.

Can they do yet another round of IRMT to the nasopharynx region? What would the side effects of this particular treatment be, etc.

Thanks
Bob