Susan,

Midline is for the tongue. The nodes are a completely different story.

I know my CT of the nodes showed no involvement and my RO blasted them anyway just as if they showed cancer. The doctor at Penn who I got my second opinon from said he would do the same.

On the bright side I only have to shave a small portion of my neck now.


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