Someone I know has mouth cancer and is starting chemo for it in a few days. But the cancer is actually ON the tonsil. Wouldn;t it be easier just to perform a tonsillectomy?
2006-12-28 09:56:09 · 8 answers · asked by Alex W 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
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2006-12-28 12:55:47 · answer #1 · answered by nursegonewild 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depend on what type of cancer as some are easily spread. Chemo perhaps could prevent the spread if it caught early. Cutting tonsil could make the malignant cancer spread faster.
2006-12-28 18:09:56 · answer #2 · answered by Lilu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not a real answer to your question, only an offering of help for those who do have cancer. There is a website: www.caringbridge. It is a free, on-line site, where a cancer person can create their own page, with their name. The person has a journal to write in, then those friends or family can go to caringbridge, log -on to that person's page and read updates or give info/advice/encouragement, etc. Check it out, it is great, I think. Two friends have two different types of cancer and each has a caringbridge site.
2006-12-28 18:06:14 · answer #3 · answered by alwaysdreaming 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe the cancer is already spread in another part of the mouth or maybe the operation is very dangerous because is in the mouth
2006-12-28 21:54:49 · answer #4 · answered by juanita2_2000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/
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Read this - its the story of someone who had cancer on the tonsil too.
2006-12-28 18:01:17 · answer #5 · answered by puffy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if only it was that simple, a friend of mine died this year, cancer of the pancreas, and our first question/thought was "just take the bloody away then"! im sure they know what is best for him though, he will be fine!
2006-12-28 18:04:33 · answer #6 · answered by button moon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe it has spread further than the tonsil
2006-12-28 17:58:59 · answer #7 · answered by styce 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It would seem so...
2006-12-28 17:59:32 · answer #8 · answered by ~Grace~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋