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Head And Neck Cancer

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Fibrooptic Larangoscopy
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Hello All,I have had a few symptoms of tongue and neck cancer for awhile.  My dentist took a look at my tongue and sent me to an ENT.  I have an appoi...
307/09/08 Message Rating
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Question About Neck Dissection
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My husband is having his PET scan on Friday and we have an appointment with the surgeon next Thursday.  Last time we met with the surgeon was in February&n...
707/09/08 Message Rating
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ear pain
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My husband was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma of the throat after going to his ENT complaining of a sore throat and and ear ache.  He has started r...
207/09/08 Message Rating
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First Post Treatment PET Scan-...
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It's Party Time!!!!!!!!  My hubbys first PET scan post treatment is clear and showing NO SIGNS OF CANCER!!!!!!I was so worried, espeically wi...
407/09/08 Message Rating
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Thrush, Extreme Fatigue, Anemi...
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Hi All,My husband finished up treatment on May 9th (chemo and radiation). He was making great strides in his recovery....able to eat and work a few hours a day...
707/07/08 Message Rating
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sex after treatment...
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So my husband has SCC. It was detected from a few swollen lymph nodes in his neck and the primary was in his rt tonsil. He has a PEG and has completed one round...
507/06/08 Message Rating
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tongue and neck
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HelloI have recently had two strange looking lesions on the tongue.  The dentist looked at it yesterday and wasn't too optomistic.  He told me to ...
707/05/08 Message Rating
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insommnia
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My husband has complete 35 rad tx with chemo and one aduvent chemo only tx for nasopharyngeal cancer. 10 days after the carboplatin/5FU was compl...
107/04/08 Message Rating
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8weeks post tx
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Hi everyone.This is my first post to the message board after many months of reading.  My husband is eight weeks out of radiation/erbitux treatment for tons...
207/03/08 Message Rating
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Scared and need help
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First off i apologize about how long this is but i need to get this out. I am petrified of doctors because i lost my mom at 18 due to melenoma cancer and for th...
207/03/08 Message Rating
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Nervous to even write This!?!?...
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Hi everyone,i m 6 weeks out from Tonsil cancer treatments 40 Rad and 3 sessions of cysplatian.Was Hell as all whoare here know, but went well and I have my 1st ...
1107/03/08 Message Rating
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Hair Loss
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I'm being treated for pharyngeal cancer with 7 or 8 rounds of Carboplatin/Taxotere, and the first round was almost 3 weeks ago. I am now losing my head hair...
507/03/08 Message Rating
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Doctor's App Today
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I wrote the other day about my husband's neck swelling.  We had his regular appointment today.  I forgot the term that the rad oncologist said but...
107/02/08 Message Rating
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He is so angry!!
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My husband Jan is 4 weeks out post radiation & chemo for base of tongue cancer.  Jan beleived that he could cure himself with herbals etc. ($800 worth)...
507/01/08 Message Rating
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Six week Past treatment for to...
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Hi,Well doing pretty well six weeks out! I got my feeding tube out two weeks ago and it has healed nicely ( so glad that that thing is gone, it And it save...
707/01/08 Message Rating
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Cancer Treatment
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Six weeks ago had surgery for a tumor in my jaw. It was diagnosed as squamous cell carcinoma. Needed a partial jaw replacement. I am still recovering and have b...
307/01/08 Message Rating
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Reoccurance or swollen lymph n...
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Wondering if anyone has any experience with a reoccuance of lymph node involvment or a new tumor? My dad has had all the radiation and chemo and even a Lef...
206/30/08 Message Rating
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Hearing loss-Mucous build up
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Good Day Friends!Anyone experienced some form of loss of hearing due to the mucous probably stuck inner ear?I have been having/feeling the mucous stick, un...
606/29/08 Message Rating
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Swelling After Treatment
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My husband finished his rad treatment on May 2nd and his 3rd chemo of cisplatnum the week after that.  He lost about 45-50 lbs so his neck is thin now.&nbs...
706/29/08 Message Rating
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Rick - how do people go in the...
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i an 6 wks out from Tx and it is almost July 4th weekend!!!I live at the beach in the Hamptons and need to know about any sun tricksRick you live in Vegas must ...
006/28/08 Message Rating
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two neck lumps...
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Hi, Im 19 years old and have two painless small lumps on the back of my neck, both are in my hairline that have been there for a few months now. One is movable ...
706/28/08 Message Rating
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oropharynx stage 4
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I am trying to find out any information about cisplatin.  I had two rounds, got sick and now the doctor keeps changing his mind about the last dose.  ...
306/27/08 Message Rating
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Radiation For Nasopharyngeal
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My radiation will start real soon. I seem to have developed claustrophobia. How restricted and for how long will movement be restricted for radiation using...
1306/25/08 Message Rating
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What is SNUC??
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I am having a time trying to figure out what that means.  I thougt the "U" stood for undifferentiated.  So, all maxillary sinus cancers are ...
206/24/08 Message Rating
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Maxillary sinus alvelor SCC an...
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I am new here and my mother has been diagnosed with this sinus cancer and had surgery in March at Fox Chase.  She is 20 treatments into her IMRT and 4 chem...
206/24/08 Message Rating
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