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Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 8 | Hello all
Would first like to congratulate all people associated with this forum for doing this great job of providing a platform to share thoughts and advice for OC patients...
I am living in India and my maternal uncle, 42 has been undergoing treatment for Oral Cancer for around 4 yrs now...but, now, the condition doesn't look so good as it has spread to his chest...his doctor for four years has said a "No" to him today...
I will post more details in the right forum and hope will find some good advice and tips...
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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | What are you looking for in terms of advice? spread to his chest isn't good. however there are pain treatments they can offer him and depending on how involved there may still be the potential for surgery. can you give us more info?
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 262 | I'm sorry about your uncle's situation and hope new options emerge for him -- sometimes seeking a second opinion from a new doctor brings fresh ideas into the mix.
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T3N2aM0 HPV+
5/26/13 discovered painless superball-sized lymph node in neck
6/26/13 DX SCC R palatine tonsil
7/16/13 TORS tonsillectomy & selective ND, mets to 2 nodes
9/3/13 Cisplatin and rads begin, tolerated 1.5 of 3 planned chemo doses
10/16/13 Treatment ends
Dec 13 Ulcer appears at surgery site
Jan 17 Biopsy -- no cancer!
Feb 17 CT/PET Scan lights up tonsil bed & nasal cavity, docs say probably inflammation, don't panic, rescan when ulcer subsides
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Joined: Aug 2013 Posts: 8 | Hi
Thanks for your response...I have posted my query and details in the treatment forum with the topic called "Uncle's Oral Cancer showing in chest: Doc negative"
Pls give it a look and advise
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