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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 both surgeries at Bassett. I did follow John Hopkins recommendations. I was going for my first radiation appointment when this was discovered. But here is a new development today I took a hot bath and the lymph node shrunk drastically in size so it is hard to even find. What I read said that cancerous nodes aren’t supposed to shrink is this true ? No matter what I agree the lymph node needs to be taken out and biopsied.

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Dec 31, 2022

Ah, I understand now. I kept re-reading your post and wasn’t clear on who did the surgery and where you were with the radiation…if you were having it or not.
Well, that is a odd one today, but rather encouraging with the lymph node shrinking after a hot bath. From everything that I’ve read too, cancerous nodes don’t generally shrink without treatment. I wonder if you had fluid built up in your lymph gland from an infection or inflammation and it drained? That would be wonderful news.

It might be a really good idea to call the radiation oncologist at JH and let them know of this new development. See what they have to say! Maybe you can go ahead with the radiation treatments after all. Keep me posted, ok?

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