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Interventional Radiation treatment for benign parotid tumor
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Wow i had paronid gland tumor removed and 33radiation treatment i hope my body heals
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My wife had the same procedure (actually surgery), first at university of michigan. They cut her open and DID NOT find the cancer. Mayo took her as a patient, surgically removed all the cancer, in her parotid gland, and a bit in the jaw bone hinge.
The bad news is the radiation destroyed her lower jaw bone (mandible) So they operated on her, took out the damaged jaw bone, and replaced it with a bone in her leg. Quite the surgery, two doctors, one removed the leg bone while the other cut her open, in the throat area. She also had the proton radiation process. That fixed that, except now she has a problem with the leg, will probably require PT, we hope.