Amy

Reading your profile: 73 GY on each side? Are you sure the total wasn't 73GY with the field encompassing both sides. The maximum is usually 72GY and I never heard of anyone getting 146 GY and surviving. My doctors are already saying they pushed it by giving me another 25 GY on top of the 72 GY first time around. And yes, I agree with you that surgery should be the last resort, especially now that I have had it.

65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Passed away 4-29-13