#36766 08-11-2003 04:26 AM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) |  OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,912 Likes: 52 | Have been off the boards for a week and sorry that I could not respond to you. Laser surgery is usually not used for these types of cancers. It is most effective in removing precancerous lesions like leukoplakia, but as you read above, it can be done. My personal opinion (which all those who end up in recurrence continues to emphasize to me) is that any cancer that is not a carcinoma
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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#36767 08-13-2003 10:56 AM | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 2,152 | When I turned up with a stage I tiny tumor on the larynx two years ago, they went in to laser surgery on it, but found that it was too close to the esaphageal opening to get a clean margin. At that time there were only two doctors in the US that performed laser surgery on the larynx, a treamtment developed in Germany, and neither were at MD Anderson.
How new is this procedure to do laser surgery on the tongue? Maybe one of the reasons not many have had it, is because it is so new? Doesn't mean it is not effective. Just a thought.
Eileen
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Aug 1997 unknown primary, Stage III
mets to 1 lymph node in neck; rt ND, 36 XRT rad
Aug 2001 tiny tumor on larynx, Stage I total laryngectomy; left ND
June 5, 2010 dx early stage breast cancer
June 9, 2011 SCC 1.5 cm hypo pharynx, 70% P-16 positive, no mets, Stage I
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