 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Hi Christine,
it is one of the paradoxes of radiation therapy is that the very treatment used to treat cancer can also cause it. I don't have a handle on the numbers yet or even if it is something to worry about(like it be very uncommon). Some people have mentioned
"radiation nodules" and having to have those removed. I wish I could be more specific. It is worth discussing with your radiation oncologist.
Let's start from the beginning. I am unclear of the chronolgy of events. He had radiation (type- XRT? IMRT? w/chemo?) a year ago and then they did "salvage surgery" a year later, with a second procedure a month later and then currently they are determining need for a third possible procedure? Is that accurate?
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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