 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | David,
the reason you can't have radiation again is because you have received your "lifetime dose". They always give the maximum amount. If you had IMRT radiation sometimes they can repeat it, if it's not in the same immediate area. Thank God they caught the recurrence at T1. I agree completely with Joanna that you have every reason to have a good outcome. Being a stage III, SCC, right tonsil survivor, I can understand your frustration. My experience was that its a lot more than just an "inconveience" -it's a whole new, unwanted, lifestyle!
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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