They took the tumor out as well as the manubrium bone (top of the sternum). To take the manubrium, they cut the first rib on both sides as well as the cut the clavicles where they connect. I have started radiation and they currently have me on F5U. The only bad thing is that I have all of these little tumors popping up on my chest. They are treating me as if I had skin cancer for that part, as well as the deeper treatment. The good news is that by doing the skin cancer treatment (still SCC), it has a very high rate of stopping that; the bad news is, we still don't know where or if the other is going. They are talking about doing the Cisplatin cocktail, once a week on top of the F5U.


Male Age 65 non smoker, non drinker T2N1M0 2 Jun 2008 Partial Glossectomy & neck dissection; lymph node tumor right neck 27 Jan 2009 Modified neck dissection, 26 Feb-16 Apr 2009 Erbitux, 9 March - 20 April RT; 11 Sep 2009 lymph node tumor left neck; 4 Nov removal of manubrium and large tumor