Charm: Although I won't see the doctor until Thursday, that what I believe will be there treatment plan. Radiation and chemo. I will be using the tomotherapy at NOVA. Read good things about it. The tumer is very far back, and they would have to at least 80% glossectomy so they don't want to remove it if possible. Another cancern is that I have two lymph nodes which are on 8mm (the doctor's couldn't even feel them) but show some cancerous activity. I'm hoping the tomo will be able to take care of them also.

I've been looking at my PET report and I was just hoping for a smaller tumer area. My is quite large. Probably a T3-T4

Sandy 56, BOT SCC Biopsy 1/21/09 Stage 3, T3NXM0.
Finished 3 cycle induction chemotherapy 4/7/09. (Chisplatin, 5-fu and Texotere). Re-staged 4/20/09,(very successful.) Will start Carboplatin/radiation 2 Gy/5 days/7 weeks (Tomotherapy) starting May 4th. Finished 6/22/09.
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