To Sophie:
Not everyone has the same experience with Induction Therapy. I did 3 cycles of Cisplain, Texatere, and 5-fu,and found the side effects more annoying than painful. However, I don't think I could handle the same regimen AND radiation at the same time. Since the cycles are 3 weeks, I've added a 4th recuperation week before starting carobolatan and tomotherapy.

The reason I bring this up is that I believe that induction therapy will become more prominant in the future. There have been some large recent studies (EXTREME study?) that show a significant survival time with the above induction therapy. However, it is not ususally used until lymph node involvement.

It is a long involved cancer treatment, but you do what you got to do!!!! If anyone wants to know more, please email mor.
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