My husband also lost his fingernails and toenails while on the Taxol and Erbitux- but Erbitux didnt cause it, because hes had Erbitux twice and didnt have that happen during his first set of treaments with the carboplatin and Erbitux cocktails.


Caregiver to Erik -1st DX 12/22/2005 SCC of Tongue, T3N1M0, hemi-glossectomy,60 nodes removed, carboplatnin,Erbitux, 35Rads.
Reoccurrence T1N0M0 4/14/08-partial glossectomy-16 weeks Erbitux and Taxol-
3rd reoccurrence 5/18/12- partial glossectomy