Hoping to prevent a recurrence. I'm just surprised this wasn't discussed earlier, and from all the research I've done and patient stories I've read this doesn't seem typical for oral/head and neck cancer. My husband's MO and RO treat a lot of head and neck cases, and it was the RO in particular who wants David to get more chemo.
Wife/caregiver to David, age 54
Dx SCC of tongue 9/28/12, stage T4aN1M0
Tx cisplatin weekly x5 beg 11/21/12 tomotherapy radiation x35 beg 11/29/12, end chemo 12/24/12, end rad. 1/18/13
3/1/13 PET and CT NED
Adjunctive carbotplatin + taxotere x3 June/July 2013
Dx recurrence 6/8/2017
Tx Keytruda July 2017 - Feb 2018
Total glossectomy w/thigh free flap + selective neck dissection 4/12/18
quit smoking 31 yrs ago
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