Tonsil Cancer (MD Anderson)

MD Anderson

"At first I felt, I had a lump up here on my neck and continued to get larger.

I was recommended to get a needle biopsy and the test result came that I had Tonsil Cancer. That was 14 months ago. I was referred to the University of Kansas Medical Center, where they wanted to do and I was schedule for a radical neck surgery, where they were going to open my up from ear to ear, and take out ALL the lymph nods, and salivary glands, and necrotic glands. Take out every thing off my neck. I was not  very exited about THAT TYPE OF DISFIGURING\, surgical solutions. That was the only option at the University of Kansas Medical Center.''

I decided to get a second opinion at MD Anderson Cancer Institute; in Houston, Texas. The second opinion was that surgery was not the appropriate option, They said they don't treat this type of tumors with surgery; they treat it with what they call induction chemotherapy for a couple of weeks, and then they use high dose radiation, about 30 rounds of high dose radiation.''

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