thanks so much PaulB!!
Its getting harder and harder for my dad to eat... this tumor near where he had his tracheostomy is slowly making him not able to eat/swallow ..
did anyone here have this type of surgery? Im so worried... what is this chemo doenst shrink the tumor? anyone else had to shrink tumors before being operated on?
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Care giver to father 61
SCC Tongue T1N2b stage IVA
6/1/12 - Tumor BOT (SCC)
6/10/12 - PET scans show 2 lymph node
6/30/12 - Glossectomy with 2/38 LNs 1cm clear marg
8/22/12 - started chemoRT (poor tolerance to Cisplatin)
10/2012 - 2 rounds of chemo only and RT completed
5/2013 - Upper left neck wounds started breaking down
8/2013 - PET scan shows recurrence and metastasis bottom of neck and possible lung
9/5/2013 - chemo: docetaxel/carboplatin + Erbitux
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