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Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 286 | Paul, my quote about the massage not spreading cancer was from the NSW Cancer Council, not from a hippy website (which we see plenty of!)
As with everything you see online (including on OCF) you should check with your doctor before proceeding with anything new.
Cheers, Dave (OzMojo) 19Feb2014 Diagnosed T2N2bM0 P16+ve SCC Tonsil. 31Mar2014 2 Cisplatin, 70gy over 7 weeks (completed 16May2014) 11August2014 PET/CT clear. 17July2019 5 years NED.
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Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 3,267 Likes: 4 | I believe you, and both you and Uptown are correct from what I read. I've seen articles that say it doesn't spread cancer, and then others mentioning warnings for other medical conditions, and as far as tumorous areas to stay away from the surrounding area until further studies are done. I was keying on the word "metastatic spread" since that was most often mentioned, but wondered if that included Extracapsular Extension from a broken lymph capsule since that can spread cancer too.
When I had a radical neck dissection, after radiation treatment, the neck muscle was removed too, and was found to contain cancer. It was in the same area where my doctor suggested I leave my lymph node alone I had been checking.
In somewhat similar situation is HBOT. Earlier studies show that it can increase cancer spread through angiogenesis, but some current studies say it doesn't spread cancer. Then it's often mentioned it was a small analysis, and further studies are needed. I had HBOT in 2011, and a month later had a recurrence, but could have been a coincidence, but sometimes I wonder.
10/09 T1N2bM0 Tonsil
11/09 Taxo Cisp 5-FU, 6 Months Hosp
01/11 35 IMRT 70Gy 7 Wks
06/11 30 HBO
08/11 RND PNI
06/12 SND PNI LVI
08/12 RND Pec Flap IORT 12 Gy
10/12 25 IMRT 50Gy 6 Wks Taxo Erbitux
10/13 SND
10/13 TBO/Angiograph
10/13 RND Carotid Remove IORT 10Gy PNI
12/13 25 Protons 50Gy 6 Wks Carbo
11/14 All Teeth Extract 30 HBO
03/15 Sequestromy Buccal Flap ORN
09/16 Mandibulectomy Fib Flap Sternotomy
04/17 Regraft hypergranulation Donor Site
06/17 Heart Attack Stent
02/19 Finally Cancer Free Took 10 yrs
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SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023
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