OP  Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 86 | Doctor said less than a 1 percent chance of people get affected
Lymph nodes on opposite side. My brother did the needle test and it came out positive for Cancer in the opposite neck! They will need to present this at the tumor board. Most likely he will need a neck dissection on his left side. Feeling really bummed.
22 YO Brother Dx 6/17/14 w. SCC R Lateral tongue
CT scan clear LN 6/20/14
HPV-, non-smoker
R tongue, right hemiglossectomy Surgery 6/24/14
(Not reoccurrence but went to NCCC instead
R neck dissection, tracheostomy, radial free flap, R tongue dissection surg 8/11/14
PT1N2B.3 positive lymph nodes out of 13
Extranodal extension present
9-15-14 IMRT (35x) & Cisplatin (2x) begun
10-21-14 peg in. 10-31-14 1 round of carboplatin
11-4-14 IMRT rx comp
3-27-15 Recurrent tumor in lymph node, L neck diss.
10-29-15 brother passed away, 23 yrs old
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