OP Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 31 | Hello all. Have been reading here for the last week. DX 7-13-2009, BOT SCC, lymph node maybe X3. Biopsy of tongue yesterday, no results yet. Scheduled for 39 rad starting Monday. Pet scan says no other organs involved. No neck disection yet, ENT wants to wait for results of next pet scan. Seems most here did it in the reverse? Is this odd? He says if nodes don't light up after next pet scan he is inclined to leave the neck alone? I'm in Chicago, going through McNeal Cancer center, can change if need be but doctors seem great. Ran into a section on this site with a "second opinion" link and can't find it now. Can anyone help me navigate there? Well thanks for the great info and like I said, I start tomorrow.
Rick
Age 50 at DX July 13 2009. T1N2BMO, stage III BOT-2 nodes right side, HPV negative, drinker-smoker, cisplatin x 3 IMRT x 39 70 GY, pegged and ported. Started treatment on 8-3 2009. Selective neck disection 11/30/2009, 9 nodes removed-neg pathology
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