 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 Likes: 1 | Gary, many thanks. I had no doubt that what you were reporting was direct from the medical horse's mouth. And in fact I found the page to which you referred (not that I doubted you of course!) and sho 'nuff, anything N1 is stage III or occasionally IV. This makes me curiouser and curiouser.
Wonder if the TX in my case has anything to do with it - something I know Brian has written about in these pages and about which there seems to be some controversy, or at least differences depending on where one is treated. I've always had supreme confidence in my medical team. While I wasn't being seen through a CCC per se, these are all doctors at St. John's hospital in Santa Monica and some are on the faculty at UCLA - which is a CCC.
I'll see if I can get a clarification from my RO at some point and will report when I do.
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SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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