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Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 126 | They might re-evaluate their treatment plan after surgery. I know for me, they originally told me no chemo and maybe not radiation, but after surgery they changed their minds because of the lymph node involvement and the fact that the tumor was poorly differentiated and deeper than they originally thought. It's hard for doctors to tell exactly what they are dealing with until they get in there.
Emily - 24 years old at diagnosis
HPV-, no risk factors
T2N2b Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Left oral tongue, poorly differentiated
Hemiglossectamy, reconstruction, partial neck dissection
30 Radiation treatments, weekly chemo (cisplatin)
1/13/12 last day of treatment
Diagnosed October 2011
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