 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 618 | Misskate,
I was just reading up on cancer of the tongue, have a sore spot, 99% sure its from radiation but still spent 2 hours on the internet looking up different pictures and descriptions specific to the tongue.
The lingual tongue is different than the base of the tongue and easier to treat. From what I read it looks like they are different tissue wise, not exactly sure why but it said it has to do with how the tongue develops when we are forming in the womb.
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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