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Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 48 | Initially they said it was both curable and treatable. they havent said since. They scanned her entire body before the surgery.
I am not sure what the medication is called but they said that it will not take the cancer away, but hopefully stop it from growing and spreading further.
The thing that freaks me out the most is that this apparently grew while she was being treated.
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Mom 48 diagnosed Sep 08 Stage IV SCC
full glossectomy, neck dissection traech and peg Nov 08
35 radiation treatments and 3 chemo
Mar 09 mets to lungs
Started Erbitux 3/09/09
06/26/09 mets to rib
Stopped Erbitux 6/26/09
Start erbitux/taxol 7/06/09
Started Hospice 7/24/09
Passed away 8/09/09
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