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| Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 81 Likes: 2 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | OP Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 81 Likes: 2 | As part of my radiation treatment upcoming, I was fitted with a dental stent that was 3D printed by a local company. This will help keep my tongue in place. In addition the stent will absorb some of the scattered X-rays from IMRT and is supposed to help limit damage to adjacent areas. It looks like this:[img] https://radtecmedicaldevices.com/product_ipd/[/img] (I have the "vertical stent" about halfway down the page.)
Last edited by Stef H; 06-01-2017 10:39 AM.
Keep fighting friends!
Me -- currently 53 years old SCC diagnosed 3/7/2017 at age 48 Staging SCC HPV+ T0,N1 primary unknown PET 3/16, no activity, biopsies 3/23 benign TORS surgery identified 2mm tumor in BOT (vallecula) Cancer restaged T1, N2, M0 Begin 30 sessions of radiation (60 Gy) 6/13 Completed radiation 7/24/2017 1st MRI clear 10/23/2017!! 2nd MRI clear 10/17/2018! | | |
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