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What treatment options are available to reccurrence of H&N cancer?
Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Mar 10 8:46pm | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
Hi William,
I had a T1N1 oropharyngeal SCC P16+ tumor removed last April with a right neck dissection. I did not have follow-up radiation or chemo treatment. I had recurrent cancer in another lymph node on the right side of my neck in December, and had it removed last month. I have been presented by my doctor the options of adjuvant radiation or follow-up surveillance. I will be speaking with him today to hopefully get additional guidance. I am curious about your use of the term "re-radiation". Are you referring to the use of adjuvant radiation or radiation to a site that was previously radiated?
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That depends on the patient. I know of one who was re-radiated in the same spot but to be fair, he stopped radiotherapy two weeks short the first time. Other patients have had radiotherapy a second spot near original site within a year. Those patients were the exception and ultimately did not survive long. Sometimes these cancers can’t be stopped.