 Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 126 | Laura,
We faced a similar situation with SCC of oral tongue and T2N1M0. The tumor board consisting of 4 doctors at the hospital were the surgery was done left the choice to do radiation up to us. There was extracapsular spread on the positive node but only focally.
Subsequently we got second opinions from a cancer treatment center. The ENT and radiation oncologist recommended doing radiation (35 treatments, 70 rads) and the medical oncologist recommended doing 6 rounds of chemo with cisplatin. We decided on doing both the rads and chemo.
The radiation side effects have been hell and my family member has still not fully recovered. The treatment ended in mid July 2005.
We opted for both the radiation and chemo
CG to wife;
Jan 2005 DX SCC Tongue T2N1MO; RND surgery Mar 2005; 35 XRT and 4 cisplatin completed Jul 2005.
Dec 2006 tongue surgery, Scar tissue no cancer.
Feb 2010 neck node FNA - negative.
2010 ORN right jaw plus fracture
2015 ORN left jaw plus fracture
Feb 2016 Lower jaw reconstruction by Fibula free flap+titanium plate - Permanent G-tube
June 2016 Difficulty breathing - Permanent Trachea tube
Dec 2019 DX Cervical cancer - Stage 1 - Surgery Jan 16 2020.
15-20 esophagus/larynx dilations
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