Add to that an unknown primary and the numbers skew to who knows what. My tumors were extracapsular. I also was HPV+. Initial PET showed uptake in the neck nodes that were removed via selective neck dissection and a very small uptake right tonsil. Subsequent biopsies found nothing in the tonsils (palatine and lingual). 1st post TX PET was clear.

Based on those stats, I have a pretty good chance at a recurrence but I honestly don't dwell on it at all. I must suffer from the opposite of anxiety ~lol~