My initial diagnosis was occult primary -- which means they couldn't find my primary tumor. This was after being scoped several times and after an MRI. It was on the PET scan that they found my 2cm primary tumor at the base of my tongue. It is my understanding that PET can also be more prone to false positives than other scanning methods because it notes increased cellular activity, which could be cancer or scar tissue or other things.
-Brett
Base of Tongue SCC. Stage IV, T1N2bM0. Diagnosed 25 July 2003.
Treated with 6 weeks induction chemo -- Taxol & Carboplatin once a week followed with 30 fractions IMRT, 10 fields per fraction over 6 more weeks. Recurrence October 2005.
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