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Joined: May 2013 Posts: 1 | Hello my husband is 3 and a half months post treatment for hypopharyngeal T3 N2 following 35 fractions of rt and 5 weekly chemo. His consultant found some abnormalities, he had an MRI scan which indicated another biopsy needed which he is having this Thursday and we will get the results on June 4th. Hypo pharyngeal is one we have been told they really do not like to see and generally the survival rate is lower than most other oral cancers. Does anyone have this cancer my husband was staged t3 n2 in November 2013. I realise I am jumping the gun but on the Macmillan site (British) I can not see anyone who has had it. We have been told if the cancer is still present he will need his larynx and pharnx removed within a few weeks. As this will be so lifechanging and so quickly we need to look into all the options and best treatments available. We are in Dorset in the UK but if I could find about any advanced surgery or treatments in America then I can investigate if it is available here etc, thank you so much. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,024 "OCF Kiwi Down Under" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | | "OCF Kiwi Down Under" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,024 | Hi Julia,
I have sent you a PM.
Wait until you get the biopsy results , only then will you know that indeed cancer is still present.
I think treatment options are pretty universal, wherever you live..
Take care, Tammy
Caregiver/advocate to Husband Kris age 59@ diagnosis
DX Dec '10 SCC BOT T4aN2bM0 HPV+ve.Cisplatin x3 35 IMRT.
PET 6/11 clear.
R) level 2-4 neck dissection 8/1/11 to remove residual node - necrotic with NED
Feb '12 Ca back.. 3/8/12 total glossectomy/laryngectomy/bilat neck dissection/partial pharyngectomy etc. clear margins. All nodes negative for disease. PEG in.
March 2017 - 5 years disease free. Woohoo!
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Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 1 | Hopefully it's just inflammation or scar tissue. Three months is early. Good luck.
10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil
11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp
01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks
06/11 30 HBO
08/11 RND PNI
06/12 SND PNI LVI
08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy
10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux
10/13 SND
10/13 TBO/Angiograph
10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI
12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo
11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO
03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN
09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy
04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site
06/17 Heart Attack Stent
02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs
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