OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 53 | It's been awhile since I've posted, and I have questions about my latest development on this cancer journey After another surgery last January for a recurrence in the alveolar ridge and retromolar trigone, they just discovered a lump in my neck which does show up as cancerous on the recent PET scan. Next week I will undergo a neck dissection to remove the lymph nodes on the left side. No chemo or radiation is planned at this time. Any information/advice on this procedure would be greatly appreciated. I am in excellent health otherwise, and have always tolerated surgery well. Thank you all!
Teacher Karen DX: SCC of right maxillary alveolar ridge, 9/2010. Surgery 11/2010, removal of 4 teeth and gum. Surgery 11/2012, removal of 3 teeth and gum. IMRT 1/2013-2/2013 Surgery 1/2015 retromolar trigone resection; removal of 1 tooth and gum. Surgery 10/2015 left modified radical neck dissection, inferior parotidectomy, external carotid artery resection. Cetuximab based chemoradiation 64.8 Gy to resection bed. Surgery 6/19/2018 Right inferior maxillectomy, bilateral low palate resection |