My surgeon just called to say that my biopsy was negative for cancer. It is lichen planus. That worries me a bit because that's how my tongue biopsies used to come back in the years before I was diagnosed with cancer. Surgeon said he will just be watching the area closely. I have an MRI in a few weeks and will breathe easier after that but overall, very good news.
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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