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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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I had amazing news today. I found out that the cancer is just on the outside of the tongue and no lymph node involvement. The Dr. said I am considered to be in stage 1. The cancer that had hit me caused pain right away so I could catch it. I was very scared but now I am confident things will be ok. So now I need to get in to get a PET scan before he can do the surgery anyone know any ideas on how to get a quicker pet scan my hospital says they can’t get me in till October 26.

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newtonguecancer | @newtonguecancer | Oct 23, 2022

I have a decision to make I can get my surgery done Monday at a local hospital or I can wait to Friday to go to Sloan -Kettering or Rochester Medical Center. My surgery is just to remove a 2 mm by 1 mm squamous tumor from my mouth for I procedure like this do people think I should go to a place like Sloan Kettering ? My surgeon locally also has excellent training and did a fellowship at Duke University Hospital. He has been great and very attentive. I am thinking I will will get more time focus in upstate NY vs Sloan Kettering probably would have more patients scheduled ? What do other people think ?

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