 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | Hi Louski, Sorry to hear that you have to deal with this. It is possible to view a lesion and assume it is cancer when it is not. On the other hand certain lesions have a pretty recognizable appearance. The biopsy is the way to know for sure. You have found the right place for support here if it is cancer. Someone here at OCF regularly adds this quote:
"Cancer is a word not a sentence".
Try to remember that as things move along. Keep us posted as you go!
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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