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thought.......if by any small chance, I have a re-occurence, why was my only option to have chemo? i only had radiation treatment for a lymph node and if lymph node involvement happens again why wouldnt they do radiation again? just curious!!!
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diagnosed 01/15/2005 bi-lateral seminoma stage IIa,4cm lymph node, right I/O & partial left I/O mar/2005, 18 days of radiation, remaining left I/O- aug/2005, surveillance, Wife did IVF oct/2005, DAD OF BABY GIRL born 08-02-2006!!!
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I would think that having the RPLND surgery would also be very affective in the case that you had a reoccurrence involving a lymph-node.....Moffitt Cancer Institute
CANCER SUCKS
Diagnosed/Left I/O 9/18/2004--Non-Seminoma/Stage IIIC--3X B.E.P chemo--3X T.I.P. Salvage chemo---Abdominal [email protected] 34cmX 24.5cmX 17.5cm---4/19/2005 --RPLND/Left Kidney,8 1/2lb Abdominal tumor,42 nodes removed---7/16/2005 Remission/Surveillance---Severe Peripheral Neuropathy-- -
My understanding is that radiation is usually a one time shot. Check the NCCN guidelines for testicular cancer.
They indicate that recurrence after radiation is treated by chemo. Radiation seems to have the potential to cause a lot more "mischeif" than chemo when you're subjected to multiple courses of therapy.
JimFish
TC1
Right I/O 4/22/1988
RPLND 6/20/1988
TC2
Left I/O 9/17/2003
Surveillance
Tho' much is taken, much abides; and though we are not now that strength which in old days moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; one equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will; to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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