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#7044 03-01-2006 08:36 AM
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I can read through most of your sigs lines but am haveing trouble figuring one section out. What do the following mean???

T3N0M0
T2M0N0
T2N2bM0
T2N1MO


thanks
dw

#7045 03-01-2006 09:04 AM
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Go to the main web site and read the page regarding staging. http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/facts/stages_cancer.htm


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#7046 03-01-2006 10:12 AM
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Hi Dave,

Steve here. I'm not usre either.


SCC, base of tongue, 2 lymph nodes, stage 3/4. 35 X's IMRT radiation, chemo: Cisplatin x 2, 5FU x2, & Taxol x2. Hooray, after 3 years I'm in still in remission.
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thanks..I looked but guess I missed it.

Guess that makes me a T2N2bM0...for whatever thats worth.

I'd rather be R2D2 or CP30...

dw

#7048 03-01-2006 11:46 AM
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DW - love your sense of humor!...try to keep it thru all this. I think it will help carry you thru the tough times.


Caregiver to husband, Jimmy, Dx 7/05 Stage IV SCC, metastic to right cervical lymph nodes. Occult Primary; Radiation x38; Chemo: Carboplatin & Taxol, 12 weekly treatments. Last treatment 11/21/05. Mets to Tongue/Partial Glossectomy 5/06.
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Oh yes, try to laugh as much as you can. Some people claim laughter has medical benefits but even if it doesn't, it helps you get through the hard stuff. In fact, fighting cancer has rearranged my priorities enough that laughter is way more important to me now. I regularly watch comedyu central on TV. I bought myself the unabridged Calvin and Hobbes as an end-of-radiation gift! Life can be so hard and unfair at times but it really never fails to be funny as well (today I had to disguise a fit of giggles at a faculty meeting by pretending I was choking on phlegm).....

Nelie


SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"

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