 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | I always thought "occult mets" referred to when no pathology showed on a CT scan, or other type of scan but when a neck dissection was done and the nodes actually examined, cancer cells were found. Since Amy has had a bilateral neck dissection, my conclusions was there's no longer a 25% chance she has occult mets. Am I wrong in understanding how that's normally used?
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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