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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 | You will probably also be introduced to another drug, Amifostine (brand name Ethyol). It is a drug FDA approved for patients with head and neck cancer who are receiving radiation after surgery. Amifostine helps decrease radiation damage to the salivary glands. Search the forums here for more information. Many of us have had this treatment.
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
�Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. It matters that you don't just give up.�
Stephen Hawking | 
