OP Contributing Member (25+ posts) Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 27 | Scans back, SCC has not spread. Doc thinks we can get away with just surgery (oral & functional neck dissection?), remove nodes for testing, etc. Reconstruction will require flap from wrist.
Has anyone had this procedure? Curious as to what to expect, outcomes, etc.
11/2014 - DX SCC, S3N0M0 Non-smoker/drinker/drugs, no cancer of any kind in family, HPV negative 2/10/15 neck dissection, nodes removed (all clear), moderately differentiated mass removed from cheek & hinge of jaw, free flap graft. Clear margins. Micro infiltration into some of the vascular structures in the local area of tumor. PEG tube 1 week later 4/6/15 - Begin 40 Rads & 4 rounds Cisplatin 5/27/15 - rads & chemo complete. 12/5/15 - PET/CT clear. Watch & wait...
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