OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 76 | So we spent a few weeks trying to decide if the biopsy ( general anesthesia , etc ) was worth it since it was anticipated by all to be inflammation. Ironically the one doc who really pushed us to reverse course and get the biopsy is the same one who is saying wait 8 weeks and rescan. What the heck? In your case Don, since you have the strong evidence of no impact by chemo, you have concrete evidence to base your decision to wait on . Poor sentence structure there but you get my idea, I hope. Thanks for sharing your experience.
Mary Caregiver to husband, 60 Dx Sept '12 SCC BOT T2N2aMo, Stage IV, HPV+ Oct '12 Sub.Gland transfer Nov-Dec '12 IMRT x 33 + cisplatin x7 March '13 PET/CT: 2 spots on lungs; (BOT & neck lymphs NED) April '13 Biopsy: 1 = malignant right hilar lymph (met from HNSCC)p16 9/13: 33 rounds IMRT to lungs; carboplatinx7 CT w/contrast 12/30/13: 2 spots left hilar lymph. biopsy confirms SCC 30 rounds IMRT to left lung; treatment ended 5/29/14 Sept 2014--CT clear; December 2014 CT clear
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