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Hi all Husband had radical surgery for upper alveolar ridge squamous cell carcinoma in January. He has just been told there is a recurrence and the treatment would involve immunotherapy. Has anyone had experience of this, please?
Hi all, I am very close to 3 months post treatment (17th Oct). Base of Tongue and Lymph node HPV +. I will be having my scan next Friday. Overall I am really pleased with the progress I’ve made but wondering if others have experienced anything similar...
HPV-16 tonsil cancer – suspicious MRI finding after TORS surgery Hi everyone, I had HPV-16-positive oropharyngeal cancer and underwent TORS surgery and a neck dissection in May. One out of 43 lymph nodes was positive, and I had close margins. My...
Not content with prostate cancer which I had treated 5 years ago (all good so far) I seem to have signed up for oropharyngeal HPV16+ cancer too. From neck lump referral (2 weeks after I spotted it) it was 49 days until selective neck dissection/carotid...
Hello, my husband completed 6 weeks radiotherapy almost 2 weeks ago (tonsil TN41). He had 2 rounds of chemo during treatment. We were advised that the 2 weeks after treatment ends can be rough too. He’s taking nutrition via PEG only (5/6 per day). He...
Hi everyone. Four weeks ago I had a brain scan, since my radio/chemo I have daily dizzy spells and it was to rule out any issues with the brain. My GP asked to see my today and explained that my brain is ok but they have come across suspicious actively...
Hi All, It’s 10 days since the above surgery. The maxillofacial surgeon took out Levels 1-4 lymph nodes and muscle tissue on the right side..unfortunately he had to cut the great auricular nerve, so I have no feeling of my right ear or parotid gland...
Hi everyone, I feel absolutely stupid, I've been diagnosed with neck and tongue cancer, I've had all the tests and biopsies, I was in hospital for a week to have a Peg fitted, what never happened, this was so I could have six week treatment, radiotherapy...
Hi. Hubby diagnosed with throat cancer for a second time after 8years cancer free from the first time round and the same cancer, treatable but not curable and without treatment as 6 to 12 months Started immunotherapy treatment in June and had CT scan...
I’m 12 weeks post treatment and other than the lymphoedema in my neck I’ve been doing well. However, today with the footy being back on I’ve had a good drink and started vaping again. I gave this up during treatment because I couldn’t physically do it...
