"Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts) Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 618 | Laurie,
Yes you made the right call on the surgery. As involved as it appears to have been in the neck, surgery was your best option.
Most here are conflicted in chosing the surgery because there is no sure way to know how involved the cancer is in this area until after they do it. Many come back from surgery with clear nodes and may regret it.
I'm no doctor but I think Roy's results say surgery was a good call.
Kelly
Kelly Male 48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt., Stage 1, T3n0m0, Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09 04-20-10 NED 8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b 10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly 3-12-12 PET - residual cancer 4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux 6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR 12-3-12 PET - CLEAR
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