 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Danielle,
both of your mom's have had recurrences!?!? If it were me, I would be seeking a second opinion from a CCC, like City of Hope.
In both cases radiation was not given prophylactically and many would question the wisdom of that decision by the doctors.
My MD was voted "the best" locally and he misdiagnosed my tumor (he didn't even recognize it as a tumor).
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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