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scans after treatment
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HelloI am new to this site and have learned a great deal from every brave soul on here. My father has SCC hypopharangeal stage III no lymph node involvement and...
202/15/08 Message Rating
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Ascobic Acid Vitamin C infusio...
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My sister has Stage 4 cancer, squamous cell that has infected her lymph nodes and metasized to groin, some organs, and bone, and her legs swollen. Taxotere, cis...
801/16/08 Message Rating
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husband diagnosed
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squamous cell stage 4 due to size of right lymph node. biopsy taken from back of throat awaiting next step 
001/06/08 Message Rating
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taste buds & saliva
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My boyfriend who is 57 years old and a Viet Nam Vet has squanous cell carsonoma of the left tonsil and it has also entered a few lymph nodes in the same general...
1601/04/08 Message Rating
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Abundance of Phlegm
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I've seen many posts here regarding dry mouth.  I'm sure that is very difficult to deal with.  My husband's problem is totally the opposit...
411/24/07 Message Rating
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Hidden Primary
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My husband was diagnosed with SCC after having two lymph nodes removed from his neck.  He's had a full-body PET scan, lung CT scan and several CT ...
711/19/07 Message Rating
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Head and Neck Radiation
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Four months after extreme radiation (plus chemo and erbitux), my father still cannot swallow. There is a large lump in his throat that is still very raw and ver...
411/15/07 Message Rating
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re: CYBERKNIFE Or Not
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Well now I'm confused  for the last week I've had full intention of going thru the Cyberknife Program , it's designed for inoperable cancer pai...
010/31/07 Message Rating
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Nutrition and lung cancer
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I am  taking Alimta chemo treatments.  I understand that antioxidents should be avoided during treatment.  What exactly should be avoided? What s...
610/24/07 Message Rating
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i am in stage3
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hello ,my name is lorie, i am 38 yrs old,i just had a new baby girl on sept 20th, she had to be taken 5 wks early,due to me having this cancer...so i could get ...
410/17/07 Message Rating
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what's to come
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Hello,My father was just told at the end of July he has stage Iv cancer. After all the test he started radiation and chemo 5 days a week. He has sarted getting ...
309/06/07 Message Rating
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Update on my father---not good
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88 y/o in four days, stage IV base of tongue cancer w/ lymph node involvement both sides of neck, just finished week five of radiation with weekly Erbitux ...
409/01/07 Message Rating
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Treatment plan removal of tong...
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My husband was diagnoised  2months ago with Squamous Cell. He has done all the tests, seen all the dr's at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX whe...
408/27/07 Message Rating
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Not Eating
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Father, 87, dx 6/12/07 stage IV tongue cancer with lymph node involvement both sides of neckHave you ever heard of anyone not surviving the treatment for this?&...
008/16/07 Message Rating
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Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma
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Does anyone know exactly what this is about - except that it's very rare - and high-grade in my husbands case.  Not curable - and are there any symptom...
608/12/07 Message Rating
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"Magic" mouthwash, I need sugg...
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Father, almost 88, dx 6/12/07 stage IV tongue cancer, mets to lymph nodes both sides of neck, radiation M-F for seven weeks, Erbitux chemo once per week, finish...
608/12/07 Message Rating
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Radiation Week Three
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I would like to hear from anyone who could tell me what week four of radiation is like.  Monday he will embark on week three.  He has s...
008/11/07 Message Rating
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Voice loss
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My father had his tenth radiation this morning.  Immediately after, he lost his voice.  I talked with him earlier this morning, before radiation, and ...
108/10/07 Message Rating
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Squamous Cell Paradigm trial ...
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Greetings. Glenn here age 45, married , with a daughter age 15.  I was just dignosed with throat, tounge, toncil, neck bi-lateral cancer stage 4A , a week ...
008/08/07 Message Rating
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What can we honestly expect?
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Now that my husband is through with his third round of chemo we are waiting for his next PET scan which will be in two wks. He had squamous cell in his left ton...
008/08/07 Message Rating
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What should I expect?
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 I am flying to Arizona to see my father on August 23 for five days, and it will be the first time I've seen him since Christmas.  He has stage IV...
008/07/07 Message Rating
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Hiding information
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Friends, My father (stage IV tongue cancer w/ bilateral node involvement) has finished week one of radiation with one chemo treatment.  He's doing...
008/05/07 Message Rating
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Am I Being Fooled?
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I am a little worried that "if it seems too good to be true, then it is" is happening.  Let me explain.Today my father completed his first week o...
508/03/07 Message Rating
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Extreme symptoms after only fi...
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My father was recently diagnosed with early stage 2 squamous cell cancer when there was a tumor found on the back of his tongue/tonsil.  He was then told t...
308/01/07 Message Rating
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chemo side effects
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I sent a similar message yesterday, but put it under a different category, and now can't locate it.  Anyway, I wonder if you would please talk to me ab...
108/01/07 Message Rating
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