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Hi @psgstl and welcome to the Head and Neck cancer group. Radiation is the gift that...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1194373/

Discussion: Possible nerve damage from head radiation

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 20, 2024

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Yes, my surgeon is very aware of my concerns. He scheduled me with a Lymphedema Specialist...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/316530/

Discussion: Lymphedema in the neck after laryngectomy

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jul 18, 2020

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I had TORS surgery to remove base of tongue Cancer April 2023. Also had radical neck...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/996057/

Discussion: 30 gy radiation side effects

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 12, 2024

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To answer the initial question, proton is far more precise, pinpoint as it were, than Photon...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1322574/

Discussion: Proton vs Photon Radiation Is there much difference?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jun 7 8:49pm

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I wish you the best. You’re tough. I took cisplantin and etopiside in 2015 several rounds...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1208067/

Discussion: New HPV-16 back of tongue cancer diagnosis and treatment to date

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Jan 10 7:11am

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Hi @darapoza Thanks for joining in. Dental issues after radiation are often caused by a combination...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1256621/

Discussion: How do you care for teeth and dental health after H&N cancer?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Mar 12 10:31pm

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Thanks for replying! No, it is not HPV. We think that it traveled via lymphatic spread....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1123592/

Discussion: Head and Neck surgeon or plastic surgeon

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Aug 14, 2024

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What kind of treatments did you have? I had scc of nasal mucosa. It ate part...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1183020/

Discussion: What’s left after "cured" of nasopharyngeal cancer?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: Dec 2, 2024

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Josk. Did you decide on the feeding tube in advance, or was the decision made after...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1169633/

Discussion: How do I go through 6 weeks radiation and chemotherapy, alone?

Support Group: Thyroid Cancer

Posted: Nov 7, 2024

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I hear you, I had four extractions done and two more tomorrow, going to get my...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/864846/

Discussion: Tonsil cancer?

Support Group: Head & Neck Cancer

Posted: May 22, 2023