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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 | Yes the actor
Looks as he has joined our ranks. According to Reuters, Doctors have found a tumor in the throat of MD and plan to treat him star with radiation and chemotherapy over eight weeks.
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
�Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. It matters that you don't just give up.�
Stephen Hawking | | | | | Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 475 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 475 | I just saw that as well. I wish him luck.
Susan Lauria - OCF Director of Events - Always looking for volunteers to help spread the word about early detection! Contact me if you can help!
*Brother passed away from tongue cancer in 2006 at age 47, was co-caregiver, he was non-smoker/casual drinker
LETS MAKE ORAL CANCER HISTORY!
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Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | Wow - another famous patient. Just saw the People.com article [quote] the actor, 65, has discovered a tumor and will under go eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy, and his doctors expect the Wall Street star to make a full recovery. "I am very optimistic," MD said in a statement.[/quote]
thanks for catching this Kevin
Charm
65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Passed away 4-29-13
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Such a shame that anyone must go thru the barbaric treatment. This just goes to show you that even stars are human too. Wishing him all the best.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | | | | Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 138 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 138 | Yes, tragedy strikes stars too. Maybe this will give oral cancer some much needed publicity. If he will discuss his cancer when he's promoting his Wall Street movie, it will do wonders to educate the public.
BOT-SCC Partial glossectomy 7/16/09.
Stage IV, Rt ND 10/2/09.
Teeth out 11/5/09.
Port/peg in, 11/20/09.
7 wks rad & chemo, end 1/22/10
lung, colon biopsies 1/9/11 - both cancer
colon resect surg 1/10/11
Folfox + Avastin - discontinued 6/11
lung surgery 3/13/12, 5/1/12
mets to liver and bones
passed away 9/4/13
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Joined: May 2007 Posts: 622 Likes: 1 | MD was on Letterman last night... One week of treatments in. Note the water bottle ! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z67gcf311KQ&feature=player_embedded
18 YEAR SURVIVOR
SCC Tongue (T3N0M0) diag 06/2006.
No evidence of disease 2010
Another PET 12-2014 pre-HBO, still N.E.D.
�Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. It matters that you don't just give up.�
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 551 | Thanks for posting this, Kevin. So good that MD was willing to speak so frankly about his disease and treatment. I wish him an easy course and full recovery!
Stage IV SCC lt lateral tongue, surgery 5/19/08 (partial gloss/upper neck dissection left side/radial free flap reconstruction) IMRT w/weekly Cisplatin & Erbitux 6/30/08, PEG 1 6/12/08 - out 7/14 (in abdominal wall, not stomach), PEG 2 7/23/08 - out 11/20/08, Tx done 8/18/08
Second SCC tumor, Stage 1, rt mobile tongue, removed 10/18/2016, right neck dissection 12/9/2016
Third SCC tumor, diagnosed, 4/19/2108, rt submandibular mass, HPV-, IMRT w/ weekly Cisplatin, 5/9 - 6/25/2018, PEG 3 5/31/2018
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Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 126 | MDs is Stage 4, and has a walnut-sized tumour at the base of his tongue according to a Yahoo News article posted today.
Anne
Anne - CG to Gordon (59), non-smoker/non-drinker. SCC, BOT, HPV 16+, stage 3. Jan./10 - radical neck dissection to remove 48 lymph nodes, 1 node pos. Apr. 23/10 - finished 35 rad. and 3 cisplatin. Jul. 22/10 - PET scan clear.
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Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,082 | What stunned me was David Letterman's apparent total ignorance of cancer staging:
[quote]Letterman asked, "Now when you said stage 4, I heard someone gasp. Now, is stage 4 where you want to be or where you not want to be?" MD said, "Um, no. No, you like to be down at stage 1�[/quote]
charm
65 yr Old Frack
Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+
2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG
2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery
25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Apaghia /G button
2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa
40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
Passed away 4-29-13
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Joined: May 2006 Posts: 137 | Note that his cancer went undetected for months despite repeated doctor visits. This happens all too often and too many people have died as a result. Why is this not medical malpractice? Why are these 'doctors' allowed to continue their negligence without consequences?
dx 2/13/06. modified radical neck dissection 3/9/06 multiple biopsies of upper airway and direct laryngoscopy. 1 of 47 lymph nodes positive for metastatic undifferentiated carcinoma (lymphoepithelioma). Unknown primary. Finished radiation 5/24/06.
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