 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | If anyone finds out what a 'radiation nodule' is and how they determine it is one, I would sure like to know. I am now a total laryngectomee thanks to a tiny tumor on my larynx in the only spot they couldn't get a laser that showed upon 4 years after I had radiation for an unknown primary. I have always wondered whether or not this might have been caused by the radiation.
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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