Treatment Decision Making Stage IV Tonsillar Cancer
I was just diagnosed with localized stage 4 tonsillar cancer and need to talk about surgical vs non surgical options.
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Hi, I was diagnosed with the same in 2015. I did ultimately decided on the chemo and radiation. I did go to see if I was a candidate for tors surgery but I was not. However the way it was told to me was that if I did chemo and radiation then if it reoccurred I would still possibly have surgery to lean back on. I am hapy for the choice I made as I became NED at the end of 7 chemos and 39 radiation treatments. Whichever you do please go to a top level teaching/research school for another opinion. If you have any direct questions please feel free to contact me.
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1 ReactionThank you Seth. Was yours HPV positive or negative? The NED result is comforting. <br />
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Starting concurrent chemoradiation a week from today for locally advanced tonsil cancer tested HPV positive but I also have a long smoking history. Did you have Cisplatin? TOMO radiation? I'm 74 but in generally good health. You give me hope. Thanks for posting.
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Yes I had 7 weekly Cisplatin and around 37 rounds of radiation. Consider yourself lucky that you are HPV+ as well because there is a higher cure rate. As I said I was stage 4A and had two local lymph nodes. I was not in a major cancer research university, I did it with the help of two very good local doctors. I do have a connection now to Miami U as my ENT is there. Keep you head up high and try not to be afraid. You will and can make it through this..good luck.
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2 ReactionsThank you for your encouraging response. My Cisplatin is scheduled for once every 3 weeks rather than weekly. Will need to ask chemo doc about differing intervals.