CancerCompass message board discussion started by Hacksaw on 3/3/2008 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,21595,0.htm Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ My husband is D1, T1 base of tongue w/ cervcial node metastasis.  He has had 4 cycles chemotherpy (5FU, Doxetaxel, Cisplatin)  and 28 daily chemo/radiation sessions at a Long Beach, CA hospital.  The option now is to continue with a more focused Tomo Therapy for 21/2 more weeks or do the Brachytherapy for 4 days.  Brachytherapy involves hospitalizatin and surgical insertion of rods and dropping of pellets directly into the tongue and cervical node tumors, including a temporary tracheostomy. We are trying to decide.  Has anyone faced this scenario?  The dr. explained that the survival is the same for each and that brachytherapy has almost been replaced by the Tomotherapy for tumors such as my husband's. He said there are no final statistics/studies yet because brachytherapy has been the protocol for 35 years and the newer Tomo therapy is not used in as many places in the U.S. Comments appreciated. Hacksaw Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT