Forget stats! Those are irrelevant. All that is important to you is your individual case, and trust me - each of us are very different. And back that truck up re node involvement. In 2004 I had nodes involved on left side, and in 2007 had nodes involved on the right side - and guess what - I'm still here!!

One step at a time. Deep breaths. Lean on us, we're here for you.

Donna

Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1. 2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God! Surviving isn't easy!!!! .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)