My Father has Oral Cancer, he has been battling it for about a year and a half now. The doctor's had to stop Chemo because it has been attacking his bone marrow... he has not had treatment in about 3 months now and the cancer is growing, and his body is weak because he cannot eat from all the radation (his mouth is fried), so he has a feeding tube. The doctors are saying that his only option is a clinical trail of IMC-A12 and Erbitux. Has anyone heard of these trail drugs or has experienced them first hand? Any feed back would be great, we are not sure if we should proceed with this treatment or not? The side effects listed are crazy.. I am very worried about my father, I am his caretaker as well. ANY feedback would be great. Thank you I am desperate here!!!


DAD68yrs old
Diagnosed Feb16 08
PEGTube March08
3chemo/35 Radation Treatments
All Clear Nov08
Diagnosed April09
Base of Tounge and 3 Nodules in lungs
2Chemo tretments/ Stopped Chemo due to Bone Marrow loss
June09-Sept09 IMCA12 Experimental Study
Sept09 Erbitux 2wks. Stopped
No treatment