Hi
I was glad to find this forum as I was recently dx with tonsil ca.
My family physican noted some swollen lymp nodes on a routine eval early in October. A CT scan followed by a skinny needle biopsy of the lymp nodes indicated SCC.
PET scan showed four lymph nodes invoved.
Tonsillectomy 10/25/13 and various other tissue sample biopsy results indicated poorly differentiated SCC of the R tonsil with clear margins p16 positve.
Both RO and MO have proposed a course of Chemo/RT.
Just had my education session last week and mask fitted.
Due to the upcoming holiday and the RO being away I have a scheduled start of treatment for 12/2.
Cisplatin will be the med used and total dosage for R/T will be 70 Gray.
I hope to be as thoroughly prepared for my treatment and the potential side effects as I can be... both physicaly and physcologicly.
Thank You
10/8/13 CT indicated R jugular chain lympadenopathy
10/10 skinny needle biopsy indicated SCC present in lymph nodes
PET scan 10/12 indicated involvement of four lymph nodes
10 /25 /13 Tonsillectomy and various tissue biopsies indicated the primary as the right tonsil which was encapsulated with clear margin...p16 positive.
R/T and Chemo treatment scheduled to begin 12/2/13.
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