Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 388 | My husband had scan first, which showed nothing, then neck dissection, all nodes negative, clean margins following surgery (at same time as neck dissection), and doctors decided against radiation. JaneP
Husband: 3 SCC gum and cheek cancers 2002, 2005, 2006: surgery only. Scans clear after removal of small, well differentiated, non-invasive cancers. No radiation. 4th SCC lip diagnosed 4/13/07 - in situ, removed in biopsy. More lip removed 2/8/08 - dysplasia. 2 Biopsies 3/17/09 no cancer (lichenoids)
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