 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | A couple of cm is ~ 3/4". That's more than the thickness of the tongue. Most OC's are asymptomatic so it's probably an infection of some sort. You definitely want to see an ENT, as Eric suggested, but it is unlikely that it's cancer. But whatever it is, it's abnormal.
I would stop reading this stuff until you have a diagnosis otherwise you will drive yourself crazy speculating what it is. I have to concur with Eric that it doesn't sound like cancer to me either.
Take a deep breath and enjoy your holidays. Let us know what the docs found out.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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