The "ultrasound guided neck biopsy" sounds like the sounds like the Ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration, FNAB, which is a biopsy of a tissue sample taken from a lymph(s), and is highly accurate to identify metastatic cancer, and is considered a further diagnostic examination. I probably had 8 of them. It's a rather quick, painless procedure done mainly by a pathologist, sometimes ENT. The pathologist will look at the sample under the microscope, and can usually tell if it's cancer or not, and send it out for further histological pathology, and confirmation. My pathologist at my hospital told me on the spot it was SCC metastases, and my ENT had to speak with me, which was no surprise to us. Another pathologist at another place said it was "interesting", which I knew what that probably meant, and results were back the next day. Good luck with yours.


10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil
11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp
01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks
06/11 30 HBO
08/11 RND PNI
06/12 SND PNI LVI
08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy
10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux
10/13 SND
10/13 TBO/Angiograph
10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI
12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo
11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO
03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN
09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy
04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site
06/17 Heart Attack Stent
02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs