Thank you, ChristineB and Mamacita. The node showed HPV neg. I am going to take cisplatin (3x) and rads 7 weeks. Am I better off without the surgery at this point? How likely am I to losing my saliva capabilities? It has been almost 3 mos. from my diagnosis, and no treatment yet. Will the cancer spread soon? I had a second petscan on 9/18 which showed it is still just in the node. What about supplements during treatments. Too many questions- Calhoun


Age 54 at DX 06/20/13 Left Neck Mass 07/11/13 DX SCC OC T0N2bM0 Stg IVa p16 neg. 08/09/13 Tonsilectomy and Adnoidectomy, Panendoscopy. Unknown Primary. Begin RAD 09/30/13 Cisplatin 10/01&22/13 PICC 10/21/13. PEG 10/25/13 to 1/24/14. Erbitux x 3. End 35 RAD 11/22/13 Clear PET 02/25/14