Mike:
I'm being treated by INOVA Hopsital System (Fairfax Hopsital) in Norther Va.
Originally the doctor's wanted only to do Cisplatin and radiation for 5days/7weeks. But I found a medical study on line which gave good results for Induction Therapy using Cisplatin, 5-FU, and Textera. I asked my doctor's to do the more aggressive Induction Therapy. It turned out to be the best decision I've made. The chemo therapy reduced my cancer a great deal even before I started radiation. The doctor's are very positive about the prognosis.

Induction Therapy is typically used for more involved cancer than mine as I did not have any lymph node involvement, but I asked for it anyway as I was already a Stage 3.

There is a huge (800+) study that just completed in 07-08 called TAX 324 which give the results of the chemo regimen.

Sandyst