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#40160 07-17-2006 11:18 AM | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 218 Gold Member (200+ posts) | OP  Gold Member (200+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 218 | Hi, I posted a story to the news section of the OCF website today about the use of heat in combination with chemo and/or radiotherapy to increase the effectiveness of chemo and rad. http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/news/story.asp?newsId=1349 Has anyone on the board ever been treated in this manner? I've searched the forums but got no hits. If the article is accurate, it seems like a promising multimodal treatment path. - Sheldon
Dx 1/29/04, SCC, T2N0M0
Tx 2/12/04 Surgery, 4/15/04 66 Gy. radiation (36 sessions)
Dx 3/15/2016, SCC, pT1NX
Tx 3/29/16 Surgery
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#40161 07-17-2006 12:26 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,140 Likes: 1 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,140 Likes: 1 | Thanks, Sheldon. I am not planning a recurrence, but keep a file of articles like this should the beast raise its ugly head again. Reading this type of article should give us all hope. | | |
#40162 07-17-2006 01:10 PM | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 188 Likes: 1 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 188 Likes: 1 | Sheldon, Here's a link to a brief discussion of hyperthermia on the NCI website. http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Therapy/hyperthermia It looks like the jury is still out on the method, but it seems, as you stated, to show some promise in combined therapy. I'm with you Joanna. I don't expect a recurrence, but I've filed a lot of info just in case. Keep up the good work Sheldon. Thank you. Good Health, Chuck
SCC Stage IV right tonsil T3N3M0. Dx 08/03. Clinical Trial:8 weeks Taxol, Carboplatin then Hydrea, 5FU, IMRT x's 48, SND, Iressa x 2yrs. Now 20 years out and thriving. Dealing with a Prostate cancer diagnosis now. Add a Bladder cancer diagnosis to all the fun.
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