 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Bobb,
This is an extremely interesting and sounds to me like a valuable test. When I was diagnosed with SCC in 1997 with met to 1 node in neck and no known primary, the surgeon took all sorts of biopsies in my mouth in an attempt to find the primary. All came back negative, however, this meant I was going into radiation with many unhealed sores in my mouth which caused many more problems. I will have to mention this test to my dentist the next time I see him. Thank you for the info.
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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