 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Technically it is cancer of the Oropharnyx (which is considered Head & Neck). Click on this link: http://www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/f_guidelines.asp?button=I+Agree and go to page "Orph-1". Welcome to the tonsil cancer club- we are many! This link can also be accessed from the resources on the main page along with a lot ot other great and uo to date information http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/resources/index.htm#government
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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