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#27759 09-23-2005 10:50 PM
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CT scans are back, no obvious involvement on the side of the tongue cancer, but some density in a lymph node on the OTHER side of my neck. Could this be caused by inflammation from the 4 teeth I had removed last week? Am I just kidding myself?
Surgery scheduled for Monday October 3. It's going to be a long week.......or a very short one!


SCC L lat tongue,Dx 9/15/05 T1N0MX L MND and L lateral hemiglossectomy 10/03/05. Recurrence 11/15/06 2nd surgery 12/04/06 hemiglossectomy 3rd surgery 01/15/07 tonsillectomy Radiation 01/25/07 to 03/08/07 3-D/CRT X 30
#27760 09-24-2005 06:58 AM
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It could certainly be due to the healing process. They typically follow up a scan, such as that, with a direct visualization where they take a closer look. Rememeber that scans are only a small piece of the total diagnostic package.

I never had "clean" MRI's in the early post Tx.


Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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#27761 09-24-2005 07:01 AM
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Thank you for your post. That is encouraging.


SCC L lat tongue,Dx 9/15/05 T1N0MX L MND and L lateral hemiglossectomy 10/03/05. Recurrence 11/15/06 2nd surgery 12/04/06 hemiglossectomy 3rd surgery 01/15/07 tonsillectomy Radiation 01/25/07 to 03/08/07 3-D/CRT X 30

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