 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | Yes as I stated: "The number of reoccurances diminish over time until at 5 years the statistical odds of a reoccurance is about the same a for people getting the cancer at all".
Unfortunately this does not mean you are immune from a return after 5 years. The reoccurance rate if graphed would be something like a bell curve. The far end of that curve goes out several years beyond 5 years. Stastically 5 years is great...but but the statistics, I wasn't supposed to get this at my age at all...
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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