Everyone- Im so sorry for the confusion.
At this moment he is cured. The doctors said there is a chance that there is microscopic cells but they don't know. There is a chance that he is completely cured right now.

He does not have a definitive diagnosis of cancer. If he did we would definitely treat it. I even asked if he can do the clinical trials even without a definitive diagnosis and the chemo doctor said no.

He did go to a second opinion with another surgeon and he agreed that the surgeries were done well. Also, the doctor used an ultrasound machine and said things are looking good. All doctors (surgeons and chemo doctors) agreed that Taxol and Erbitux wouldn't really help because there is no studies. Brandon is now a different case because the left side of his neck didn't response to the initial IMRT and Cisplatin.

If God forbid this cancer comes back they will do clinical trials on him.


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