Thanks for sharing your experience. I had a bilateral neck dissection on Friday and they found cancer in what they think is the sentinel node. We are waiting for the full pathology report to find out if there is anything else. So I, too, am glad that he did the dissection.
Tracy - 33 at diagnosis
SCC right ventral tongue Dx 4/11.
T1N2M0
1st resection 5/11.
Bilateral neck dissection: 2 pos nodes
2nd resection w/graft 6/11.
Erbitux x 11 completed 9/11. IMRT x 30 completed 8/11.
3 month MRI and PET/CT all clear.
6, 9, 12 and 24 month post treatment MRIs all clear.
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