 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | Hi Barb,
Are you being treated at a CCC Center? If not, I would go for second opinion on the No surgery. They did do surgery on my irradiated skin with no problems, but then I did not have the caratoid artery problem.
Have they told you what chemo he will get and what they expect the outcome of the treatment to be?
I am really sorry this turned out this way. I was hoping a simple surgery was going to be the end of it. Riley is right. That dermatologist had no right to say that.
Take care,
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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