 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | You guys having the neck dissection - make certain they do NOT take you submandible saliva glands unless there is a real reason to. The guy who did my first ND arbitrailly removes them 'because radiation will kill them anyway'. Not so necessarily. But they definely aren't going to work if they are in the bucket. Check it out.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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