My husband has recently been diagnosed with cancer in the neck, potentially in lymph nodes, primary unknown. He is very early weeks of diagnosis, has had MRI, CT, biopsies and just had a Panendoscopy and more biopsies. We await his appt next week following MDT discussion for results and treatment plan. I have read some of the stories on here and they are helpful thank you. Once treatment plan is decided upon we may have a clearer picture of where his journey will take us. One thing that does surprise me is that they cannot always find the primary cause. I had 6weeks radiotherapy last year so in some ways will be able to support him. I found the community support on Macmillan heloful at that time.
Hi Jax and welcome. Yes sometimes the primary evades detection. It could already have been dealt with by the body or it could be too small to find in a biopsy sample or a scan.
Some people end up having radiotherapy in a likely area or remain on watch and wait.
Peter here is on watch and wait. I’m sure he’ll be along soon with his story but meanwhile you could click on his name here and look at his profile. There’s a synopsis of what he’s been through.
PFJTHS
Stick around. There’s lots of help and support here
Oh and by the way I hope you’ve made a good recovery
Dani
Base of tongue cancer. T2N0M0 6 weeks Radiotherapy finished January 2019
