It sounds like you are doing a great job of advocating for yourself. If a negative biopsy is the only thing that will set your mind at ease, then push for that. Good luck and I hope very much that your doctors are correct and you do not have cancer.


Tracy - 33 at diagnosis
SCC right ventral tongue Dx 4/11.
T1N2M0
1st resection 5/11.
Bilateral neck dissection: 2 pos nodes
2nd resection w/graft 6/11.
Erbitux x 11 completed 9/11. IMRT x 30 completed 8/11.
3 month MRI and PET/CT all clear.
6, 9, 12 and 24 month post treatment MRIs all clear.