Hi All, Hy husband's cancer remains stable they say (still just in his left neck, although I had hoped for more than stable after cyberknife and months of chemo, but we are pleased with what we get). Joe had a radical neck in March 09 on the left, and it never totally healed. Now, due to an infection, he has another open hole on his neck and the doctor discussed doing a flap surgery to cover it. Any experience with this? Any chance someone like me or his siblings could donate the flap skin? I hate the idea of his ravaged body having a bunch of new incisions.
CG to H, Joe, 30 yrs old. 7/06-stage I SCC removed from tongue. 1/08-radical neck rt side, 8 positive nodes, imrt/cisplatin 6 wks. 1/09-6cm pos node on left neck. IMRT and carbo/taxol/erbitux 6 wks, surgery in April. 7/09-recurrence left neck. Erbitux, taxotere, 2nd opinion scheduled at MDA...
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