Hello everyone,
I’m in the waiting room for my husband has the TORS surgery today at 2pm and still in recovery room.

Dr. told me tonsil has negative margins but she has taken a lot of lymph’s nodes and suspected extra-nodal extension. She thinks cancer is aggressive but we need to wait for the pathology results.

I’m surprised and do not know how my husband will take this. He went into surgery for he was told tumor was encapsulated in the lymph nodes and he may not have to do chemotherapy but only radiation therapy. Now, he has to do both chemo and radiation for the doctor suspected metastasis to other parts.

PET scan was done in June. Did the cancer grow fast?

Based on what I read, having extra nodal extension has bad prognosis.

I’m very emotional now and any comments and suggestions is appreciated.

Thanks to all.