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#1634 08-26-2003 05:59 AM | Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 17 Member | | Member
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 17 | I have noted that many OC patients are aware of the metastasis to the lung pattern, but I have been told that we must also be mindful of pains in the ear as a sign of possible distant met....? Any one else heard (pun intended) this?  | | |
#1635 08-26-2003 02:51 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 70 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 70 | Ear pain can indeed be one of the signs of oral cancer. It can be referred pain from an oral site (not actually involving the ear itself), or it can be a local spread of the primary cancer to this area in its immediate vicinity, usually from the oropharynx. Distant mets are usually thought of as thoracic organ metastasis rather than head and neck locations.
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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