Hi Paul!
Thank you so much for sparing time and replying to my post. It's really good to know that you successfully defeated PNI twice! I'm really happy for you. Hopefully the PET/CT went well for you!

I have some questions for you:
  • First time when PNI was detected, was it detected through some physical tests along with the tumour and then surgically resected? Or found in histopathological analysis of surgically removed tumour and then the doctors concluded it must be present in the vicinity of tumour and can be resected?
  • Any side effects you experienced from radio/chemo? What did you/doctors do to ensure that the side effects are minimum?


Take care Paul!

Son of patient with moderately differentiated squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue.
Histopathological report results post surgery which involved resection of tongue with sufficient margins and neck dissection upto level IV:
Staging: pT1N0M0
Margins are clear, so are nodes
PNI present
Degree of keratinization is moderate
Brynes infiltrating pattern 3

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