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Joined: Dec 2011 Posts: 126 | Anyone see this article? I am sure it is years away from being manufactured and used for human trials, but it is still very promising and encouraging nonetheless! I don't often see breakthrough discoveries related potential head and neck cancer treatments  http://www.theguardian.com/society/...destroyed-by-berry-queensland-rainforest
Emily - 24 years old at diagnosis
HPV-, no risk factors
T2N2b Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Left oral tongue, poorly differentiated
Hemiglossectamy, reconstruction, partial neck dissection
30 Radiation treatments, weekly chemo (cisplatin)
1/13/12 last day of treatment
Diagnosed October 2011
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Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,409 Likes: 1 | Good find, Emily. And certainly an interesting and potentially hopeful discovery. Thanks for posting it.
David 2
SCC of occult origin 1/09 (age 55)| Stage III TXN1M0 | HPV 16+, non-smoker, moderate drinker | Modified radical neck dissection 3/09 | 31 days IMRT finished 6/09 | Hit 15 years all clear in 6/24 | Radiation Fibrosis Syndrome kicked in a few years after treatment and has been progressing since | Prostate cancer diagnosis 10/18
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