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Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 489 | My sister's father in law has been battling this cancer for two years and it is horrible. He has now g=had surgery to remove a good part of his esophogas after undergoing radiation the first time to reduce the size of the tumor.
All cancer is ugly.
Patty
48
SCC Floor of Mouth 7/06
9/06 Surgery, bilateral neck dissection, 58 nodes clear PT2pN0pMx
35 rad 2006
Recurred 6/08, 1 Carboplatin, 1 Cisplatin
Surgery 9/08 - Total glossectomy, free flap from pectoral muscle, left mandible replaced using fibula
35 IMRT & Erbitux 11/08
4/15/09 recurrence
6/1/09 passed away, rest in peace
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