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#119535 07-18-2010 03:32 AM
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My ro said the pet scan revealed a "spot" on the liver--they don't think it is cancer related, probably a cist/but they want to do a ct scan with contrast. They've pushed my treatment (radiation and chemo) to Tues. I am really scared.


Susan/59/nonsmoker /tonsil cancer spread to tongue,stage III diagnosed 6/10, HPV+ T3,N1 Finished 35 radiation and 7 cisplatin 9/7/10.
susand #119539 07-18-2010 01:24 PM
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Keeping you in my thoughts!


Angelia
31 at Dx.
DX: 4/30/09, 10/21/09 SCC on floor of mouth,
T1NOMO, T2N1M0
TX: 39 IMRT, 8 cisplatin 11/30/09
PET/CT: 11/03/09: Lymph node involvement
PEG/PORT: 11/09
TX end: 02/01/10
PET Scan: 04/05/10 clear
PEG Out: 06/21/10
Biopsy: 12/23/10: fibrosis
HBO: 01/04/11 - ORN
Baby girl born 11-30-12
walknlite #119543 07-18-2010 04:39 PM
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It would be highly unusual for an HPV positive oral cancer to produce a new second primary like this, at least from the people that talk with at treatment institutions, and what they tell me about their patient populations anecdotally. I vote for a cyst, which is a highly common occurrence in the general population, but in your case they are just be vigilant and careful.

Also a single spot, vs the long lesions that are more common in actual liver cancer presentations, seems like a good thing to me. Last, if it were a cancer, and it is localized to one spot, that could be excised quit readily through a laparoscopic procedure. The liver is the only essential organ that can actually regenerate parts of itself after a small section is excised.


Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.

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