#27112 01-28-2005 02:18 AM | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4 Member | OP Member Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4 | MY COUSIN HAS JUST BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH MOUTH CANCER. TUMOR IS UNDER HER RIGHT EYE ON THE CHEEK BONE. LAB REPORTS CAME BACK INITIALLY AS IT BEING CANCER, BUT NOT THE USUAL FORMS. BIOPSY SENT OUT FOR FURTHER TESTS. ANYONE WITH INFO PLEASE RESPOND. SHE IS GOING CRAZY WITH THE LACK OF ANSWERS | | |
#27113 01-28-2005 03:37 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) | Patient Advocate (1000+ posts) Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,244 | Hi Pearld Can you tell us a bit more, I'm not quite sure what you mean about not the usual form of cancer? When will she get the results of the biospy? There is a lot of information here and we will all help if we can.. Sunshine.. love and hugs Helen
SCC Base of tongue, (TISN0M0) laser surgery, 10/01 and 05/03 no clear margins. Radial free flap graft to tonsil pillar, partial glossectomy, left neck dissection 08/04
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#27114 01-29-2005 02:21 AM | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4 Member | OP Member Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 4 | I QUESS I MISQUOTED. THE DR. SAID IT WAS NOT YOUR TYPICAL FORM OF MOUTH CANCER. THERE IS A TUMOR, IS SPREADING TO THE NASAL CAVITY AND POSSIBLY THE EYE. THE RESULTS SHOULD BE IN ANY DAY. DR. WASN'T CLEAR ABOUT WHAT "NOT TYPICAL" WOULD MEAN. DR. HAS SAID SHE IS TO START TREATMENT ASAP. | | |
#27115 01-29-2005 09:06 AM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Pearl, I know that you must be totally freaked out about your cousins tumor.
My father had a skin cancer that had gotten very close to the eye socket. I believe it was SCC. He had a procedure called micro-mohs surgery where they surgically excised the tumor, froze it and made slices, stained and examined it for clear margins, then excised more as necessary until they finally got it all. It was a pretty good sized skin cancer that had grown into the bone of his skull - it required some bone shaving and 130 stitches with a skin graft. The procedure affords minimal tissue loss.
PS in the cyber world, people who use all caps are like having someone shout at you all the time.
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** 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) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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#27116 01-29-2005 11:51 AM | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 482 "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) | "Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 482 | PEARLD, sorry to hear of your cousin's situation and that you had to find us. Hopefully, we can help. Is she being treated at a major comprehensive cancer center? If not, would suggest you get her to a major cancer center to get the best treatment possible. Also, is the cancer on the skins surface or beneath the surface? What is the treatment plan recommended by the doctor? Surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, or all three and in what order? The more details we have, the better we can respond to your questions.
Regards, Kirk Georgia Stage IV, T1N2aM0, right tonsil primary, Tonsilectomy 11/03, 35 rad/3cisplatin chemo, right neck dissection 1/04 - 5/04.
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