Supporting Member (50+ posts) Joined: Mar 2009 Posts: 54 | I have MEC also. I am a 68 yr old female who was diagnosed in early 2009. I have had 2 surgeries and am getting ready to start 6 1/2 weeks of radiation therapy next week. My cancer was in the Rt Sub-mandibular gland. I recently learned they found 4 areas in the upper neck tissue from my Neck Dissection that were cancer. They were small tumors. Everyone was surprised to find the other 4. These 4 did not show on the CT. That makes a total of 5 tumors for me.
This site has excellent information on MEC.Use the search on the bottom of the Home Page and the search on this page. Top Rt hand side. Hope this helps. Our cancer is listed as a rare cancer so its always nice to find somebody with the same type.
Sweetpea ******** 2/09 MEC Rt Submandibular Gland,Tumor Exc,age 68; 4/09 Rt Neck Resect, Excise Rt Lingual Nerve, 10 nodes; 1 month later- Lge Abscess Drained 5/09; 4 more cancers, final path report; 6/09 IMRTx33 |