 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Not a professional, but I had biopsies of mild dysplasia and hyperkeratosis from one spot on my tongue for 15 years before I finally grew a tumor (SCC) at that spot -- BTW, I had used tobacco and alcohol, but had quit tobacco 35 years and alcohol 11 years before the tumor -- Watchful Waiting is the key here, you become the expert on your mouth and get a biopsy when anything changes.
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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