David:
The treatment is called TIP with concurrent chemoradiotherapy (in my case tomotherapy). It is being used more often with bulkier tumors and larger nodes then mine. Used to retain organ function. ONly small studies, but using it more often

Without going into too much detail: First you get a regiment of 3 drugs (Paclitaxel, Ifosfamide and Cisplatinum)once or twice. This greatly softens and reduces tumor size. After this, then we do Cisplatin and tomotherapy.

Has shown very good results in S cell tongue cancer and same type of cancer in cervix.

Study Stage 111 August 2008. Hancock et.al.: TIP Sequential Therapy in Base of Tongue Cancer.

Thanks
Sandy