 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Im confused by your signature. It doesnt match what you wrote. Did your uncle have SCC in his tonsil or was it negative? Tissue when removed is sent to a lab to be evaluated. A FNA is not as effective as a regular biopsy. Oral cancer is a fast moving cancer. If your uncle had been misdiagnosed 9 years ago he likely would not still be here. Im sorry but I do not know much about lung cancer other than an oral cancer patient if they have mets it usually will go into the lungs. Not that it doesnt happen, I just havent heard of it going the other way.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | 
