 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Shaylynn,
The staging will be fine tuned when the biopsy reports come back from the lymph nodes. Stage II is "on the fence" whether radiatin is recommended or not. Lymph node involvement could bump it to stage III.
Let's hope that all of your lymph nodes are clear!
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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