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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 551 | subujee,
You can start your own thread for advice, but since you didn't... It does sound like a 'typical' course of action, yes. I did have a PET scan that showed one very involved lymph node so I also had a neck dissection. There are those that are moving away from this surgery, but I'm happy I got those lymph nodes out as quickly as possible.
As far as the timing for the rest of the treatment, radiation and chemotherapy, I was told 4 to 6 weeks of healing from surgery before radiation and mine started 6 weeks later, mostly due to an overbooked radiation machine.
- Margaret
Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018
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