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Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1 | Hello, I just got done with surgery 2 weeks ago to remove the cancer. They removed a bone in the jaw and replaced it with a bone from my leg. The bone they removed came back from testing and it did not have cancer. Everything is happening so fast. They have been telling me that I should do radiation and I guess I was ok with that. But now they also want me to do chemotherapy. This was the first time they mentioned it. It scares me because I know people that went through it and said it was bad. Not sure what to do.
Adenosquamous Carcinoma (Primary) found out 1st week in Jan 2016. Sore in my mouth.
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Welcome to OCF! Im glad you found our site! We will help you with info and support. Here is some info from the main OCF site to read. It will explain in detail all about how OC is treated and more detailed info about chemo. When chemo is used in conjunction to radiation treatments it helps the radiation work better, boosting its effectiveness (if I remember correctly) by about 10%. Treatment (from main OCF site) Stick with us and we will help you get thru this.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | | | | Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 8 Member | | Member
Joined: Jun 2016 Posts: 8 | How are you doing with the bone replacement? My boyfriend has to have surgery for the same thing. We don't know what to expect.
Susie
"DIFFICULT ROADS OFTEN LEAD TO BEAUTIFUL DESTINATIONS"
Boyfriend and Best Friend diagnosed with stage 4, well differentiated SCC. Tumor in the jawbone area
53 years old, great health, never smoked or chewed tobacco
July 2016 - Mandibular reconstruction / Fibula flap
tumor removed and 4+ Lymph nodes
August 2016 - 6 weeks of daily radiation / 2 sessions of Chemo
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Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 66 |
HPV+ P16 positive squamous cell carcinoma
Oct 2014 found neck node lumps
Went to Oncologist (TNBC)
Ultrasound
2 CT Scans - body/head and neck
Needle & core biopsy
Pet Scan
Biopsy to find primary w/ anesthesia - failed
Second Opinion found primary & biopsied
Biopsy confirmed HPV+ P16 Squamous cell carcinoma
Radical Neck Dissection 11/22/2014
32 lymph nodes removed - 3 positive
Ported 12/29/14
Chemo and rads to start January 5, 2015
cisplatin weekly 40 mg/m2
Rads M-F for 7 weeks
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