Just got word from my brother. Surgeon at MD Anderson says that he feels he has a 90% chance of removing all the cancer during tomorrow�s surgery on my brother's throat. He will also take one molar and remove the area around the dysplasia in his mouth. They said they will be doing a neck dissection just to be sure in about 6 weeks. No radiation is planed now. He will be getting a tracheotomy for a few days so he will be in hospital for at least three days.

All in all good news.

Kelly
Male
48, SCC (Soft Palet) Rt.,
Stage 1, T3n0m0,
Dx, 8-09, Start IMRT 35 9-2-09 end 10-21-09
04-20-10 NED
8-11 recurrence, node rt. neck N2b
10-11 33 IMRT w/chemo wkly
3-12-12 PET - residual cancer
4-12 5 treatments with Cyberknife & Erbitux
6-19-12 Pet scan CLEAR
12-3-12 PET - CLEAR