Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,019 | I think they did my radiation plan (IMRT) with extra radiation along the neck scar line because of that possibility. I know when they were taking the pictures to set up the scan they carefully marked where the scar was. (Though I didn't have any cancer in my nodes so I'm not sure why I'd have cancer in the scar but anyway)....
SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"
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