OP  Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 86 | [quote=tamvonk]I would be hitting this cancer very hard. This is an aggressive cancer.
I see from your signature that there is extra nodal extension present. This is very good reason to do the chemo to try and mop up any stray cancer cells that have escaped. Your brother is young and presumably fit and well. He will cope ok.
Please, hit this with everything he is offered. His life depends on it.
Praying for a Fantastic outcome for your Brother.
Tammy[/quote]
Thank you Tammy. We have decided that he will be doing radiation and chemo. He is fit and well as he worked out 6 days a week before this all happened. He lost 12 pounds after his surgery. We are making him eat constantly before radiation starts. Thank you for the prayers. It means a lot to us.
22 YO Brother Dx 6/17/14 w. SCC R Lateral tongue
CT scan clear LN 6/20/14
HPV-, non-smoker
R tongue, right hemiglossectomy Surgery 6/24/14
(Not reoccurrence but went to NCCC instead
R neck dissection, tracheostomy, radial free flap, R tongue dissection surg 8/11/14
PT1N2B.3 positive lymph nodes out of 13
Extranodal extension present
9-15-14 IMRT (35x) & Cisplatin (2x) begun
10-21-14 peg in. 10-31-14 1 round of carboplatin
11-4-14 IMRT rx comp
3-27-15 Recurrent tumor in lymph node, L neck diss.
10-29-15 brother passed away, 23 yrs old
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