Hi Kanada and welcome. Best wishes for your surgery and impending treatments. My husband has an unknown primary as well. He is having surgery (modified radical neck dissection) this coming week. He has already completed his chemo and radiation as of this past week. The reason they did not do surgery first is because the lump on his neck was very large and the surgeon (ENT) advised that it would be difficult to do surgery before the lump was reduced in size. However, it is interesting to hear of the procedure to move your saliva gland. I wish that would have been presented to us as an option. Please keep the board informed of your progress. Good luck!
Michele


Michele, caregiver to husband, Jesse, SCC diagnosed 1/5/06 unknown primary, lf neck mass >6 cm. Chemo (Cisplatin 2x; Carboplatin & Taxol 2x) & XRT radiation 39X ending 4/4/06. Rad neck dissection 8.5 hrs 4/13/06. 30 HBO treatments Fall 2006.