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Joined: Jul 2024 Posts: 2 | Hi, I'm new member, 57 yrs young (Montreal, Canada) and just diagnosed with "throat cancer" at the base of my tongue. Biopsy confirmed and likely HPV positive as I'm a non-smoker. Completed CT, MRI and PET scans and has metastasized to multiple lymph nodes on one side of my neck. Drs are now saying surgery no longer an option and that I should start Radiation (7 weeks) and Chemo (9weeks) immediately. Obviously very scared although Drs are more positive with 83% survival rate. Has anyone else had chemo and radiation on mouth and neck that can share their experiences? Thank you Wish you all well. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 121 Likes: 17 Senior Member (100+ posts) | | Senior Member (100+ posts)
Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 121 Likes: 17 | Hello welcome, read all old posts here under after treatment section,everyone here used to very active but lately all is very quite here.good luck | | | | | Joined: Jul 2024 Posts: 2 Member | | Member
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Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 69 Likes: 1 | You're going to be fine.
Typical treatment is rt and chemo.
Read people's experiences and how everyone gets through it.
Welcome to a fairly exclusive club that no one wants to join.
Oropharyngeal Cancer, SCC, HPV 16+, stage IV T1N2b age 45
Started in my tonsils and spread to my lymph nodes
Cisplatin x3 with concurrent daily radiation treatments started 10/22/13 finished 12/6/2013
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