OP  Supporting Member (50+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2014 Posts: 86 | Hi everyone,
My brother is in his 4th week of Radiation and has done 2 big bags of cisplatin. He just showed me a white patch on the left side of his tongue. I am
Getting worried. Can it be Cancer on the left side also?? Or do
You think the radiation is causing that? I just called the doctor but haven't heard back yet.
So worried. Anyone have expierenced this?
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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