"Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 417 | Tina I had NO surgery, only a biopsy, followed by teeth removal, and subsequent treatment. Everyone knows that when you are dealing with cancer, of any kind, you are only as healthy as your next check-up. For now I am cancer free, with a prognosis of staying that way and mine was a stage four with lymph nodes involved. It is difficult enough to recover from treatment without adding a surgical recovery to the process. Get a third or fourth opinion...... Darrell
Stage 3, T3,N1,M0,SCC, Base of Tongue. No Surgery, Radiationx39, Chemo, Taxol & Carboplatin Weekly 8 Treatments 2004. Age 60. Recurrence 2/06, SCC, Chest & Neck (Sub clavean), Remission 8/06. Recurrence SCC 12/10/06 Chest.
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