Radiation time frame -effect on tumor reduction

Clearblue
Clearblue Member Posts: 186
edited February 2011 in Head and Neck Cancer #1
Anyone know if there a time frame in which radiation is supposed to result in tumor reduction?

Clear

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  • Hondo
    Hondo Member Posts: 6,636 Member
    #2
    Hi Clear
    I am not sure about a set time frame, but all through treatment the doc was taking scans and x-rays so I am sure some of this was checking on to see if the tumor was shrinking

    Take care
    Hondo
  • Kent Cass
    Kent Cass Member Posts: 1,898 Member
    #3
    Hondo said:

    Hi Clear
    I am not sure about a set time frame, but all through treatment the doc was taking scans and x-rays so I am sure some of this was checking on to see if the tumor was shrinking

    Take care
    Hondo

    Clear
    NPC that showed with two tumors on the left side of my neck, with 20 places getting zapped each rad session, and Cisplatin and FU5 in the most aggressive regime out there= watched my tumors shrink gradually until they were totally gone by the end of the 7th week of treatment. By four weeks they had gone from Quarter size down to the size of a pea, and week.

    Best of luck coming at ya.

    kcass
  • Skiffin16
    Skiffin16 Member Posts: 8,305 Member
    #4
    Similar to KCass
    I had my primary (tonsils) removed upfront. But still had a thumb sized tumor (secondary) on my throat starting out.

    I also had nine weeks (three week cycles) of Cisplatin, Taxotere and 5FU, followed by seven weeks of daily rads, and weekly Carboplatin.

    After the second three week cycle the tumor was barely felt and not seen. By the end of the third cycle it was completely gone, CT confirmed this before going into the seven week regime'.

    Best to you and your wife Clear...
    John
  • charles55
    charles55 Member Posts: 87
    #5
    less is more
    If it is true that radiation works in a 7~10day lag, that should be when the cancer starts reacting to it. That probably is about right since I think most of us started to feel its effects about then. And like any bell curve distribution, the lion's share of the effects (the greatest effect) will come in the middle of the treatment (2 through 4 weeks). Often we get a boost of the radiation level at the last treatments to kill the last, most resistant cancer cells.

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