I would say get a second opinion before you let them do the laser biopsy!! My first post treatment scan came back with 5 areas with hypermetabolic activity (positive) areas, and when they did the biopsies all were negative, there was one spot my doc wanted to push the issue more on, so i went for another opinion elsewhere within the same hospital systems and they had all my charts and everything, and the doctor i saw is best in mn for this stuff, and he said not to go further, there are many reasons for hypermetabolic activity, and he was right, i told my original doc that, and he said after thinking for a while that it would be best not to.

I hope they don't put him through the laser biopsy and that also comes back negative!! Biopsies are no fun to have, good to have, but no fun, i can only imagine how a laser one would be.

So hopefully you and your husband will think about second opinion before jumping in with the laser.

Regardless I wish you both the best and that this all comes back negative!!


25/female at diagnosis
Dx;stage 3 SCC tongue 03/25/2010
Surgery 04/13/2010
Trach,ng tube, peg feeding tube
Hemiglossectomy, right side neck dissection, 40 lymph nodes removed. Free-Flap transplant to tongue.
30 rounds IMRT ended July 15,2010