| Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | The advice to be seen by a Cancer Center is good. The reason you don't "qualify" for further treatment may be that your Doc doesn't feel extreme treatments like radiation or chemo will do enough good to warrant the side effects. A Cancer Center will look at your case from all aspects.
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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