 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | Glenn, you are correct and my last post should have said EARLIER stage as opposed to early.
I don't intend to get into a lengthy discussion of staging (which I believe is partly art as it pertains to what statistical survival catagory each individual would be expected to fall into) Surely there must be a large statistical gap between a single node with a "microscopic speck" of cancer cells and a single palpable node that is enlarged by millions of cancer cells. It is my use of logic that arrives at this point, NOT MY LACK OF MEDICAL TRAINING.
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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