Hi, everyone.

I am new to the group and new to dealing with this beast that has invaded my life called cancer. I started Induction Chemotherapy on 2/17 and it's been a rough few weeks.

Today is the first day I am feeling somewhat human, so I am back in "information gathering" mode: trying to get a firm grip on what, exactly, is going on in my body, how best to fight it, what I can expect...etc..etc.

I am going over my MRI report and looking up all of the words I do not readily know (quite a few..ha ha), but the beginning of the report has me a bit stumped:

"Centrally necrotic destructive mass"

The "destructive mass" part is fairly self explanatory given that the tumor is 6.2 x 5.6 cm, and I know that "necrotic" means dead. However, I cannot find anything that explains the phrase "centrally necrotic". Any ideas?

Thanks,
Lisa

Lisa
SCC of the left retromolar trigone stage 4b HPV-, age 50
Treatment at a CCC
RX-Induction Chemotherapy: Cisplantin, Taxotere, 5-FU 3x then re-eval.
2/17/2017 1st Chemo
Hydration/electrolytes 2x wk
3/10/2017 2nd round of chemo
3/27/2017 and 3/28//2027 CT , MRI and reevaluation
4/5/2017- radiation simulation to make mask

ONE DAY AT A TIME!