OP  Contributing Member (25+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 26 | And maybe they did stage me but they haven't told me. I haven't seen the cancer center people since right after my scans, well before I had surgery. They probably staged me, and the surgeon did his part, and now I go back to oncology and get told that detail. I can't see how not having surgery on a tumor that could be seen with the naked eye and was 4x1 cm was ever going to happen.
-Ben-
Diag 12/21/11
T3N2bMX
Surg 1/17
5cm tumor left tongue pos. L tonsil neg. 17 l. neck lymph nodes, 2 pos w/extranodal excursion. 4 teeth neg
Tongue spec 5.9x3x1.8cm. Margins clear to 0.4-0.5 cm
2/20-3/27 27 radiation, 2/20-4/12 3 chemo.
Non HPV, lifetime tobacco, drugs, alcohol teetotaler
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