 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | First off, you have to allow 2 weeks for response to antibiotics, not one. If there is no response then you need to go to the next level -i.e. a biopsy.
MRI's can detect tumors larger than 2 mm as a general rule. Of course this also depends on the skill and experience of the reading radiologist.
Lymph nodes will swell up when there is an infection - that's their job.
Are you being seen at a comprehensive cancer center?
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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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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