#11422 07-19-2007 05:59 PM | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 131 Gold Member (100+ posts) | OP  Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 131 | Is Esophageal Cancer part of oral cancer? A friend of a friend was diagnosed with this cancer. I wondered if she would find this forum helpful. Thanks Carol Ann.. Ps. My husband is coming along slowly. The mucous has gone but he continues to eat very small amounts of food because of the taste and the pain in his throat. Currently he is sleeping in a recliner. He looks sick because of his weight loss...Thanks again...
Carol CG to Husband age 60 Stage IV SCC right tonsil T4AN2B tx rad x 35 chemo x 2 Currently after treatment no sign of cancer in throat. (all clear to date)
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#11423 07-20-2007 05:38 PM | Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 131 Gold Member (100+ posts) | | OP Gold Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 131 |
Carol CG to Husband age 60 Stage IV SCC right tonsil T4AN2B tx rad x 35 chemo x 2 Currently after treatment no sign of cancer in throat. (all clear to date)
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#11424 07-20-2007 05:49 PM | Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | It depends what statistics you read. Some lump esophageal in with head and neck cancer. My only reservation would be the amount of support from like persons here since we don't have many esophageal cancer patients here. It's considered more of a gastro-intestinal cancer. Here are some resources: http://www.medhelp.org/HealthTopics/Esophageal.html http://www.onconurse.com/factsheets/esophageal_resource.html http://www.ontopofcancer.org/esophageal_cancer_support_group.php http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11697.cfm There are many more - just do a Google search.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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