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Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 62 | Interesting words "Extrapsular spread". The way my radiation oncologist explained it to me was " the lymph gland is hard like a lima bean so it's rare but your cancer managed to eat through it" . I'm pretty sure that's what got me from 4a to 4b. The beauty of that conversation was it took place on my two year anniversary of ending treatment. I guess they didn't want me to worry. LOL
DX 6/05 Rt Tonsil SSC advanced to lymph node. Stage 4b. RND, took tonsils, strips off the back of tongue, throat and nose. 19 lymph nodes removed only 1 bad. Once healed, 7 weeks of treatment including 35 IMRT, 7 Cisplatin, 7 Erbitux and 35 nasty Amophostine. Almost 11 yrs out now. Woooo Hoooo!
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