#13057 12-04-2007 07:03 AM | Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 19 Member | OP  Member
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 19 | My husband Mike will be 2 years post treatment this coming March. Stage three, 1 right side lymph node, no primary.
His voice got very hoarse this summer, clear PET, but ENT found growth on left side vocal cord.
Got it removed, path report was "mild dysplasia", not cancer.
ENT explained that the dysplasia can be caused by the radiation, but we all no that dysplasia can be a precursor to what we don't want.
Mike is hoarse again, went to ENT yesterday, the damn thing is back in the same spot from where it was removed from in August.
Good news is the ENT said it does not look like a cancer looks; it is smooth. So another surgery to take it out and biopsy it in the next 2 weeks.
Of course, I'm wondering is it caused by the radiation or is it something "bad" trying to grow there?
Has anyone ever had such a thing occur; and did it reoccur more than once but never amount to anything?
All replies will be appreciated, and please (not that you wouldn't) be honest.
Thank You.
Jessica
Caregiver to husband Mike SCC Stage 3 no primary/Carbo/Taxol 2 Cisplatin/C5FUS/39rad/finished 3/15/06
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#13058 12-04-2007 03:14 PM | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 93 Supporting Member (50+ posts) | | Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 93 | Jessica,
No real answer here but my husband had a "suspect looking" area on the same tonsil they radiated.
Underwent a biopsy and the pathology came back clear.
Just another gift from the radiation.
Does his 1 yr PET this month.
Maggie
caregiver to husband
right tonsil stage 3
35 IMRT TX completed 1/5/2007
PET Scan clear 3/07
biopsy 9/07 clear
1st yr PET scan 12/18/07 clear
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#13059 12-04-2007 03:52 PM | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Keep a sharp eye on it. Four years out of my original diag, I had a 4 month old hoarse throat diagnosed as cancer of the larynx. Mine was buried in fold in the esophagus so could not be detected until under anesthesia. CT did not even find it. I don't want to scare you, but voice changes and sore throat can be signs of cancer. Pursue this actively. I also strongly suspect second cancer was caused by radiation damage.
Taake care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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