An endoscopy is part of having a triple scope or pandendiscopy, except three places are examined. I wouldn't say there is a compete test, it's all done in steps to help identify the cause, and proceed along the way to gather facts, suspicions at each step, like a visual and palpable exam first, an office flex scope or larygnoscope, a round of antibiotics, a CT scan, PET/CT, FNA if possible, endoscopy with biopsy, possibly with surgery, etc are all possibilities, but that's jumping far ahead, and most times it's something minor, and not cancer, which is not that common anyway compared to other type cancers. Take one step at a time, and it's not cancer until proven, and only a biopsy can do that, no scan can, but are all clinical diagnostic tools, like the others, and combined may help with a diagnosis.


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