Erbitux has been used in colorectal cancer treatment for some time.
What are the long term side effects in this population? Perhaps checking with these folks may give you some ideas.
It is also reasonable that with radiation/surgery the effects for H&N patients may be locally more severe.

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Partial glossectomy (25%) anterior tongue. 4/6/07/. IMRT start @5/24/07 (3x) Erbitux start/end@ 5/24/07. IMRT wider field (30x) start 6/5/07. Weekly cisplatin (2x30mg/m2), then weekly carbo- (5x180mg/m2). End of Tx 19 July 07.