"OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)    Joined:  Sep 2006  Posts: 1,357 Likes: 5  |    Congrats on getting through surgery.  
  I am not understanding hubby's staging.  T1 is tumour size.  N2 would say metasis to 2 nodes locally.  So if there is no cancer in any nodes - why the N2?  
  This is not just a correctness question - it is paramount to what people will suggest to you for future treatment.
  Thanks.
  Donna        
Donna,69, SCC L Tongue T2N1MO Stg IV 4/04 w/partial gloss;32 radtx; T2N2M0 Stg IV; R tongue-2nd partial gloss w/graft 10/07; 30 radtx/2 cispl 2/08. 3rd Oral Cancer surgery 1/22 - Stage 1.  2022 surgery eliminated swallowing and bottom left jaw. Now a “Tubie for Life”.no food envy - Thank God!  Surviving isn't easy!!!!  .Proudly Canadian - YES, UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS WONDERFUL! (Not perfect but definitely WONDERFUL)
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