I have found this forum online recently. I'm 58, casual drinker, never smoker. I'm currently in treatment at a CCC in California. Right now, the docs cannot find the primary. The cancer was found due to an enlarged lymph node near the jaw line. They've done the PET scan, and MRI, and still can't find it. They say it's called an occult primary. The oncologist thinks it's caused by some head or neck primary.

I've been doing some research online, and have been putting things together. I've had my tonsils removed a long time ago. I've recently heard about HPV causing oral cancer. Has anyone heard of people with tonsillectomies getting tonsilar cancer? The reason why I ask is, sometime ago I knew a nurse that had what essentially was ovarian cancer. The odd thing was, she had her ovaries removed a long time ago. It turns out, even though they were removed, there's still a slim chance that the cell linings could still be there to form ovarian cancer. It sounds alien to me. Has anyone heard about anything like this for the tonsils?