When or why would someone forgo cancer treatment?
22.2.2023 14:11
I feel this is a very complicated question because there are so many variables. What kind of cancer? Located where? Recurrence? Stage? Symptoms?
I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (a rare blood cancer) when I was 31. I had major surgery and four months of radiation.
25 years later, I was diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Tongue. It has been determined that the radiation I received, 25 years ago, caused this cancer. I had two major surgeries, two weeks apart and ended-up with a selective neck dissection and partial Glossectomy (half of my tongue removed.) I had no chemo or rads after the surgeries.
I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (a rare blood cancer) when I was 31. I had major surgery and four months of radiation.
25 years later, I was diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Tongue. It has been determined that the radiation I received, 25 years ago, caused this cancer. I had two major surgeries, two weeks apart and ended-up with a selective neck dissection and partial Glossectomy (half of my tongue removed.) I had no chemo or rads after the surgeries.