OP  "OCF Kiwi Down Under" Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: May 2013 Posts: 63 | Thanks Kathy. How big were his nodes? I've got one which is around 4.5-5cm and sticks out of my neck so we don't want to leave it there.
If he had big nodes, did they go down after treatment? They might also be removing it to do a biopsy on it (this is all dependent on what is found after the BOT biopsy).
Cheers, Mel.
2013 - 39yr old female, DX BOT SCC Stage IVA (T1N2bM0) HPV+
28 May 13 - Pharangoscopy & tongue biopsy
29 May 13 - BOT Surgery & right ND (lvls 2-5)
31 May 13 - Hemorrhage, emergency trach, critical care
BOT clr mgns, 9/67 nodes & extracapsular extension
Finished 30 rads & chemo (cisplatin) stopped after 1 round due to hearing loss
May 2015 - left supraclavicular swollen lymph node & area - CT planned 9 May
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