Hello, very happy to hear your mom has recovered. My mom just diagnosed with stage 3 nasal cancer which spread to lymph nodes last Wed. We have consulted a few doctors in Beacon and SJMC and they have different opinion in terms of treatment plan. May I know what was your mom treatment plan. Was it just radiation and concurrent chemotherapy only? I am kind of confused.

And which form of radiation did you choose? I know there is 3D conformal which is a very old technology with many side effect, Trubeam (IMRT) and Tomotherapy (IMRT).. These are all available in SJMC and also the Institut Kanser Negara (IKN). Our SJMC doctor did help us to refer to IKN which has the tomotherapy machine. They gave us an appointment date is 8 May 18. '

I want to know how long was the gap between your mom diagnosis and start of treatment? Obviously I want her to start treatment asap but if IKN I can choose the best treatment at the affordable cost. The Tomo machine at SJMC alone cost RM42K + RM15K for chemo, which is too heavy burden. So I am very divided whether I should wait for IKN or just go ahead at SJMC.

I would be grateful for any experience sharing.