 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I was having a philosphical discussion with my Head & Neck surgeon last week at my 1 1/2 year check up about why some have recurrence and some don't and he bluntly stated that it's more luck involved than anything else.
Being a Christian however, I don't believe in the concept of luck but I can understand the randomness of the outcome of this dreadful disease. You can bet that there are multidimensional issues and, more than likely, a combination of them.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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