Today my brother underwent an eight hour surgery. The doctor removed about half of the bone of his lower front jaw. As it stands now he has clear margins and most likely will not need reconstruction if the margins show clear on the path report.

Several of the lymph nodes in his neck were slightly larger than normal. We will have the results of the path report in about four days. He will be needing rads and chemo.

I will know more tomorrow when things have had a chance to calm down. Right now my brother is getting excellent care in the ICU.

Brother Dx oral cancer March 23. Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Mod Dif Anterior Floor of Mouth, Peridental Soft Tissue, Right Bony Margin. Lymph Nodes 0/56 Stage II,pT2,pN0 2.8 cm
I was Dx b/cancer 9/2007. IDC Stage2 Grade2 2.4 cm 0/8 Nodes ER+ PR+ Her-2 Rad 33 no chemo.