Head and Neck Cancer

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I was diagnosed with HPV Squamous Cell Carcinoma in May 2007. It all began with me noticing a hard painless lump in the right side of my neck in the shower. I had the lump removed and they found the biopsy malignant. The primary tumor was found in my right tonsil, and underwent a radical neck disection at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore MD, ouch. After 6 weeks of recovery from Surgery I was given a simultaneous thrashing with 6 weekly doses cisplatin chemotherapy and 36 rounds of carefully directed ...Read the full article