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Tongue Cancer: What are my treatment options?

Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Apr 27 12:04pm | Replies (93)
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@alpaca

I don't think immunotherapy is used for that sort of tongue cancer. Laser surgery and radiotherapy sounds like a good option to me. Better than flap surgery!

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newtonguecancer | @newtonguecancer | Oct 10, 2022

I am hoping to schedule an appointment with Roswell park. Is it a good sign they caught it early if the dr can’t feel any lumps or masses and no swollen lymph nodes ? Are there any techniques available to help identify when the cancer comes back ?

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calenbd | @calenbd | Oct 12, 2022

I was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in the back of my tongue. The tumor was small, but had spread to one of my lymph nodes on my neck. I ended up with 12 weeks of induction chemotherapy followed by 7 weeks of chemo and radiation (35) treatments. I completed the treatments 6 weeks ago and just had a CT scan of my neck and chest with no detectable presence of cancer. I won’t lie that the side effects of the treatments were rough, but it looks like the end justifies the means. Best of luck to you in your treatment journey!

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