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Does anyone have ACC Adenoid cystic carcinoma

Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Mar 15 11:59pm | Replies (7)

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@hrhwilliam

Hello @731 and welcome to the Head and Neck group. ACC discussions appear to be rare however you could simply enter "Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma" in the search bar at the top which will take you to a discussion going on back in 2018 and a few others.
As with most of these facial and neck cancers, the treatment damage can at times seem worse than the cancer itself although it will eventually resolve. Many of us here have had surgery and radiation to our "noggin" so in that respect there are many here who can help with coping with the results of that battle.
But let's hold out hope that there is someone currently active and/or you could simply respond to anyone from your search feeds of ACC and perhaps they will alert to the notifications they might receive. Just respond directly to the actual post or response comment block and that person then can be alerted, or send them a private message. It sometimes takes a few days for responses to fire up. Be patient-patient. Hard to do when you are frightened by a diagnosis as I know full well.
Recent diagnosis? What say your physicians about path and prognosis?

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I was diagnosed with ACC with NOTCH1 mutation. A rare subset of an already rare cancer. I had partial glossectomy, removal of the floor of my mouth and radical bilateral neck dissection with removal of 17 lymph nodes. Prognosis was said to be poor. The results of the surgery with damage to nerves leaving me with constant nerve pain and not able to eat does seem worse than the cancer. Where I live the doctors are not experienced with ACC and I just feel lost.