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Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 319 | Honestly, I read that the day I got the pathology report from the surgeon who removed the first tumor from under my jaw (she thought she was going to be removing the Parotid gland, and it turned out to be a metastatic tumor in a Lymph gland.)
I believe I read it on the NCI (National Cancer Institute) web site, but after more than 4 years and a ton of chemo, I can't be sure. Sorry.
My intro: http://oralcancersupport.org/forums/ubbt...3644#Post16364409/09 - Dx OC Stg IV 10/09 - Chemo/3 Cisplatin, 40 rad 11/09 - PET CLEAN 07/11 - Dx Stage IV C. (Liver) 06/12 - PET CLEAN 09/12 - PET Dist Met (Liver) 04/13 - PET CLEAN 06/13 - PET Dist Met (Liver + 1 lymph node) 10/13 - PET - Xeloda ineffective 11/13 - Liver packed w/ SIRI-Spheres 02/14 - PET - Siri-Spheres effective, 4cm tumor in lymph-node 03/15 - Begin 15 Rads 03/24 - Final Rad! Woot! 7/27/14 Bart passed away. RIP!
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Joined: May 2011 Posts: 287 | [quote=navkal]I Have to live like this only with regular checkups and all? [/quote] Trust your doctor and have regular follow-ups. You'll have more frequent follow-up now but then it will gradually increase to once in 3 months to 6 months and then to annual follow-up.
[quote=navkal]
What are the chances or recurrence.
Any treatment to avoid the same to come again.[/quote] Nobody can tell you about the chances or possibility of recurrence. Eat healthy, get back to routine, stay fit. If you had smoker or drinker in past, don't even think of going back to it again.
Father; 67 yrs; RIP: 2012/05/26
TX:SCC pT2N1M0G2;Glossectomy+SND+CCRT(59.3Gy+6xCis.)[2009]
TX:Nodal Mets; 3xDCF[2011/05/05]
TX: RND + PMMC Flap[2011/07/11]
DX:SCC PNI+ECE
TX:Re-RT 60Gy[2011/09/21]
TX:Gefitinib 250mg[2011/12/18]
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