 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | For anyone interested I responded to this same question in Sophia's "Dilemma" thread in this same topic forum.
To expound a little bit, there have been a few here who have been warned about a potential rupture of the carotid artery. I am not sure that has actually happened to anyone here, but it is certainly a potential risk, particularly if the tumor is wrapped around it, as tumors often do since cancer survives by locating blood sources.
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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