well an enlarged lymph node can be many different things. A biopsy is just a way to be safe and know everything that is going on! My docs didn't biopsy before my surgery, and they just removed 40 lymph nodes and then did the biopsy, but they had a pretty good idea just from my scans that it was cancerous!
25/female at diagnosis
Dx;stage 3 SCC tongue 03/25/2010
Surgery 04/13/2010
Trach,ng tube, peg feeding tube
Hemiglossectomy, right side neck dissection, 40 lymph nodes removed. Free-Flap transplant to tongue.
30 rounds IMRT ended July 15,2010
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