Head and neck cancer guidelines

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Avatar m tn I was diagnosed with chondrosarcoma 2 years ago. I have radioterapy in my neck and some radiation hit my face. My sinusitis crises get very worse after the radiation. It can be only a fungi or things like that? This infectious or benign things grows too or only metastatic nodules grows? The point is: The nodule aparently grows to slow for a mestastasis but to fast for a benign neoplasia. I did not know what to think!!
Avatar m tn I went to the ER for neck pains and found out I had a fever of 99.7. I also found out that I had a UTI. The doc told me I had a pinched nerve in my neck. Now I am feeling extremely anxious and depressed. From my past 3 neg test (9.5wks, 14.5wks, and 19wks) I hv bn told I am conclusively negative. But my mind won't accept it especially when I feel the way I do. I know that symptoms usually begin abt 2 to 4 wk after.can late Ars happen?
Avatar f tn Started off as a knot on the back of my head right where necks start on the bottom of head.. then I noticed I had a tiny knot in my neck. Did some research and cancer started to pop up on the Internet.. I freaked out and anxiety went into overdrive.. doctor examined me and thought it was due to allergies.. got cat scan and the side with knot the lymph nodes and glands was bigger but they said they didn’t see anything wrong ..
Avatar f tn The CD DST (collagen gel droplet drug sensitivity test) is a method that has been used to test chemosensitivity in colorectal, lung and head/neck cancers. As far as I know, this test has not been incorporated in the treatment guidelines as a standard procedure in the management of these cancers.
621386 tn?1221532483 I wish you the best of luck and go get a head and neck cancer specialist to check you out completlyl! I would demand it we even had to travel out of our area to a cancer treatment center.
Avatar f tn m not sure why you had an HPV test with a normal Pap. It is against the guidelines and should not be done. Disregard what you read, cervical cancer is very rare and you don't get it just because you are pregnant. Actually studies show that you decrease your risk of cervical cancer by becoming pregnant before you are 30, very minimally but you do decrease the risk. Take your pre natal vitamins and enjoy your pregnancy!
Avatar m tn Mohs’ micrographic surgery might prove useful for excision of melanoma, especially lesions located on the head, neck, hands, and feet. However, there are no formal recommendations pending additional studies.4 Studies suggest that the current recommendation of 0.5-mm margins for lentigo maligna (melanoma in situ) is often insufficient. Mohs’ micrographic surgery and margin-controlled excision of lentigo maligna offer lower recurrence rates and allow tissue to be conserved." http://www.
Avatar m tn I feel sort of like a spectator in my own life. I do feel slight pressure in the front of my head but no pain. This feeling comes and goes and tends to be worse while I am calm. When something is keeping me really busy or engaged like military duty, building stuff at the house etc I seem to be better. The doctore has done blood tests for cancer and has even gone as far as trying out a medicine for ADHD to no avail.
Avatar n tn was i was having trouble swallowing and i was very fatigue and my legs and ankles ached from a lying or sitting position to standing and walking.......i just feel not sure of my doctors choices...
Avatar n tn I have a hard, non-tender lump on the right side of the back of my head down towards my neck. I noticed it in undergrad (4 years ago) and they took blood work. The NP said that my white count (i think) was slightly elevated, and that i probably had a virus lingering around, which would explain the swollen lymph node on the back of my head. It has never gone away. It has been there at least 4 years now. I have lately been SUPER fatigued.
Avatar m tn Whereas in the past, the “face” of head and neck cancer was a man in his 60s with a history of heavy smoking and alcohol consumption, the men diagnosed with HPV oropharyngeal cancer do not smoke heavily and may still be in their 50s or younger, although older men are also affected. Dr. Wirth explains that HPV cancers show a specific pattern as to where they arise.
Avatar n tn The general term used for babies who can not hold their head up well is head lag. At birth, all babies have head lag. Some control over head movement is reached by 8 weeks so that head lag lessens. By the age of 4-6 months, most babies should be able to hold their head up when pulled by their arms to a seated position. However, there is of course some variation between infants, and some may hold their head up earlier and some a little later.
Avatar f tn Hi all, Has anyone ever heard of breast cancer (IBC or other) spreading up the neck to cause neck, ear, and head pain on that side? I have a swollen axillary node and pain in my breast and up my neck to my ear and head and nobody can figure it out, even breast specialists. Does this sound famiiar to anyone? Thanks so much for any info.
Avatar f tn I was prescribed anti-depressents which calmed me but the headaches continued. I was then sent for a MRI head and neck scan without dye which came back clear. I have also had a ct scan of bowel and several other tests which again have been ok. I am now feeling sick but my GP will not send me for any more tests. I have a fear of cancer after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer ten years ago which turned out to be a complete mistake.
Avatar n tn Lymph nodes enlarge when there is an infection. The head and neck area have an extensive network of lymph nodes. These lymph nodes function like a filter, and thus increase in size in the presence of infection to filter out organisms. Even with treatment, some lymph nodes remain enlarged. A recurrent infection would further increase the size of the lymph node. However, there are other conditions that can present with lymph node enlargement. Head and neck malignancy is an example.
Avatar f tn You raise a great question, but the jury is still out on this issue. The effects of cellphone radiation on head and neck tumors has not been shown but also not been extensively studied." to my follow up question re 'can we test for this' and could there be a relation to the head jerking, he said: "There's no way to test for this, and I certainly don't think it has any relation to your head jerking." how would you feel?
1179456 tn?1263926811 It is used to treat many cancers and other medical conditions. It is used for leukemias, lymphomas, breast cancer, lung cancer, head and neck cancers, and other cancers. This medicine also works on the immune system and is commonly used to treat psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis. If used for arthritis or psoriasis, the drug is only given once a week. so u have u r answer.. i hope...
Avatar f tn I have never had cancer, my Mother is alive and well at age 80 and has never had cancer and my Grandmother never had cancer during her lifetime. They both had hysterectomies in their forties due to large fibroid tumors which I never experienced (I've always attributed that to the fact that I was on the birth control pill for over 15 years). My fraternal twin sister had a hysterectomy in her early 40's for the same reason.
Avatar m tn Hello im 18 and I have been having mysterious aches and pains , i have alot of blood test ? if it was cancer wouldnt they have picked it up by now , or seen something was off and wrong ... and its fusterating when people dont beilieve you when you say something wrong ya know . I dont know what to do , I ran HIV test on me all other STDs and nothing i dont know whats wrong im starting to think its in my head like people are telling me . but could it be cancer ..
Avatar m tn //www.cancer.org/cancer/cervical-cancer/causes-risks-prevention/risk-factors.html the HPV type(s) associated with genital warts are low risk. Also, as long as one follows the guidelines for pap smears (every 3 years for paps or every 5 years for co-testing of pap and HPV), any abnormal cervical changes (dysplasia) can be caught plenty early. Abnormal cervical cells take many years to progress to cancer. I hope this eases your mind!
Avatar f tn t go away.. so I started to get a lil worried and started checking my neck and head for knots about a 3-4 days later I notice a knot in my neck so I mad a doctor's appointment. The doctor told me she thinks it's a knotted muscle and just give if a few weeks, she went on to ask questions if I been bitten or pulled a muscle I told her I don't think so.. so I let a week go by and the knot stil didn't go away ..
Avatar n tn s opinions) have learned that it is important to keep clarifying the info (as you are doing)---get the report, have full thryoid bloods taken, check about vit d and iodine deficiencies, seek 2nd opionions if need be. Nodules are common, cancer of which is not (10percent for follic neop's); size of nodule and the fact that it is solitary will concern your wife's doc - esp if it grows, and she may be offered to have it removed along with the half of thryoid it occupies.
394052 tn?1203100849 These are all on maternal side. Brother now with prostate cancer at age 55 and me with stage 1b clear cell ovarian cancer at age 55 (no sign of disease now). I realize with older people and cancer, the docs have always told me, well they were just old enough.to get cancer, which has always annoyed me as I have been doing medical transcription for 40 years now.
Avatar n tn I found what I believe is a lump on the top part of my breast. The only time that I feel it is when my arm is behind my head. It's sore when I push on it. It's not a round lump. I am thinking it's nothing because I can only feel it when my arm is behind my head. Could this be cancer and should I get it checked out?