Hi: My Mother was just diagnosed with nasopharyngeal cancer, which is rare from what we understand. Accoridng to ct scan it is a 6.1 cm mass. Underwent a biopsy yesterday and will find out the course of treatment on Tuesday. Which Doc says will be radiation or radiation and chemo. I'm very scared. Anyone know or have had this that can give me some feedback. Thank you so very much.

Angel, I am so sorry to hear of your mom's cancer. Your mom will definately get radiation treatment and possibly chemo. It is in an area where they generally do not perform surgery. You will have a very difficult time finding anyone with this particular cancer and you also will be scared with stattistics. Also she will probably have scans done shortly to determine if it has spread. This is an oral cancer site so most have tongue, jaw, etc cancers. Do not think just because there are not any nasopharynx cancer survivors here that they do not survive. I am a 7 yr survivor and my cancer is stage 3 Nasoharyngeal cancer. This is a great site because the treatments are similar and you can communicate with people who are going thru what your Mom's going to face.
My thoughts are with you and mom.
Mark D.

Wow:

Thank you so much for replying back. It give me some hope. They initially did a ct scan of the sinus and then a ct scan of the neck and throat and that is when they found the mass. the doc said nothing in the initial scan showed anything in the neck. when he went in and did the biopsy, he said there was some red tissue near the soft palate which he biopsied as well but he was not sure what exactly that was because the mass was pushing on the soft palate. So he cut out several pieces of it in the biopsy and I guess of what we understand we will go back Tuesday to see what type he says of cancer we are dealing with. I'm looking into treatmeant in Chicago, we live in South Bend Indiana and this doc says he's seen 5 cases in his 23 years and University of Chicago medical center has a speciality in this. I don't know, maybe the treatment here would be the same as there, but I want to just be for sure at least. Thank you so much for responding.

DEar Angel, go to the treatment center that has the most experience with treating her diagnosis. It really is te best course of action. Best luck to your family. Amy