My 87yo grandfather had throat ca 6 yrs
ago and we found out this week he has
squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. He
is unable to receive any more radiation
and is too old and in too poor of health
to undergo surgery. He has been unable to
eat since his throat ca and uses a feeding
tube. He aspirates anything that goes in
his mouth. Our only options were hospice
or the new drug erbitux. The Dr. Said we
only had a 15% chance with the erbitux
helping. I say hospice and keep him
comfortable, others in the family want to
try the erbitux. Not knowing if he will
tolerate it (i'm afraid he would throw up
and aspirate it), we're not sure what to
do. They've given him 6-12 months. What
should we expect, with him not being able
to receive any treatments?
