 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Amy,
I too had my tonsils and adenoids yanked as a kid and have wondered the same thing. When I used to visit the Compuserve Cancer forum about 6 years ago, the oral cancers were mostly thyroid and very rarely tonsil. Now we see on this forum many patients with tonsillar cancers. I too wonder if any one is doing a study on the age groups that are getting tonsillar cancers.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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