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Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,264 Likes: 5 | Do you have oral surgeons there? Maybe one of them can biopsy it?
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: Oct 2013 Posts: 6 | I don't know, will try to ask about specific oral surgeon
no dx yet, risk factors for HPV, many swollen lymph nodes form 0.5-1.5 cm. in the neck, ear pain, soar throat, lower jaw pain, lump behind tonssil...
PCP, dentist, hematologist, ENT, 2 rounds antibiotic (no effect), 2x echoscopy, various blood tests...
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Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 105 | Hi there Andr3w
My husband had palpable nodes 8 to 9 mm, in his case they did a CT scan. 30 nodes removed, 2 had a trace amount of cancer cells, none had pierced the node membrane. Many nodes were simply inflamed. The two affected nodes were under the jaw where the squamous cancer had invaded bone and tissue. The nodes are there to catch and eradicate any irregularity at the cellular level. How did you make out with getting tested? Hopefully everything is good, All the best, Sophie
husband 61@diagnosis painter
6/9/13 Exophylic invasive SCC IV(ext.gingivobuccal) 3cm+ mandibular/lytic/erosion, jugular/node9mmshort-axis
17/9/13 Dx(moderately aggressive)
24/10/13 left madiblectomy, mod radical neck disct, leg flap, NGtube
2/01/14 (30 tx)rads 60gy
N2b (2nodes under jaw) (rem. in tiny nerves) (rem. 30 nodes)
Clear margin, close 2mm inner cheek
15/05/14 cellulitis
3/12/14 Chest CT Clear
27/02/15 cellulitis
8/6/15 cellulitis
10/6/15 Osteomyelitis
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