#41171 06-19-2007 10:16 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 12 Member |  Member
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 12 | My mum knows a man who's having radiation to half of his face after cancer being removed and he's been taking double doses of Co enzyme Q10 and grape seed extract. He says he has very little bad side effects. Apparently it really helps your immune system.
I'm planning on dosing up my partner before he starts next week and continuing throughout.
Partner diagnosed with low grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of sublingual gland, 2nd opinion graded intermediate grade, surgery to remove,lymph nodes removed one side, nodes all clear. Treatment - radiation.
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#41172 06-20-2007 01:49 AM | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | Kristie, I would ask your RO about that before doing it. The fear is that antioxidants which protect normal tissue against radiation may also make the rad. less effective against the cancer cells. The general advice I got was no antioxidants during treatment. Bottom line is no one knows how they work and if they inhibit the effectiveness of the rad.
Nelie
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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#41173 06-21-2007 10:08 AM | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | "OCF across the pond" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,940 | Hi Lisa.
My husband had problems with his rad by day three and his oncologist said he was just very unfortunate to be suffering so quickly.I guess it really is the luck of the draw.Also the dosage may be pertinent ,Rob recieved high dosage to both sides of his mouth and neck as well as the floor of his mouth and his throat.
Liz in the UK
Husband Robin aged 44 years Dx 8th Dec 2006 poorly differentiated SCC tongue with met to neck T1N2cM0 Surgery and Radiation.Finished TX April 2007
Recurrence June/07 died July 29th/07.
Never take your eye off the ball, it may just smack you in the mouth.
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#41174 07-05-2007 08:59 PM | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 12 Member | | Member
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 12 | Hi Nelie
You said yourself that antioxidants protect NORMAL tissue against radiation.
So why wouldn't people take antioxidants if it helps protect the normal tissue?
Antioxidants don't promote cancer cells to grow.
Partner diagnosed with low grade mucoepidermoid carcinoma of sublingual gland, 2nd opinion graded intermediate grade, surgery to remove,lymph nodes removed one side, nodes all clear. Treatment - radiation.
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#41175 07-06-2007 12:18 AM | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 666 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) | | "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 666 | Kristie NO antioxdants during radiation tratment, also not for a few weeks following it. Check with an RO. Also read: http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/pressreleases/antioxidants When you radiate with x rays you damage the cells DNA by generating free radicals (mostly from water which then damages the DNA. Antioxidants protect cells (normal and cancer cells) from damage by mopping up free radicals. So you may end up protecting the cancer cells, not a good idea. The point is you WANT to damage the DNA, because normal cells are more efficient at repair while cancer cells are generally not. Markus
Partial glossectomy (25%) anterior tongue. 4/6/07/. IMRT start @5/24/07 (3x) Erbitux start/end@ 5/24/07. IMRT wider field (30x) start 6/5/07. Weekly cisplatin (2x30mg/m2), then weekly carbo- (5x180mg/m2). End of Tx 19 July 07.
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