Enrique's Diagnosis
One of the areas where the surgeon previously removed malignant lymph nodes from Enrique's neck now has cancerous nodes again.
This is the "big" lump they biopsied last week. It will need to be removed with a surgery.
The scans he had the week before revealed a "small" lump that is probably cancerous. It will be treated with another round of radiation therapy, a couple of weeks after the surgery.
Enrique's overall prognosis remains good - but he clearly has a serious case of thyroid cancer. The doctor said it's unusual to need another round of surgery but it doesn't mean that his long-term prognosis is worse.
At the same time, it's unlikely that there will be a point in time when this totally over. It will always be with him. With luck, he won't need this much intense treatment once this round is over, but there are no guarantees.
This is the "big" lump they biopsied last week. It will need to be removed with a surgery.
The scans he had the week before revealed a "small" lump that is probably cancerous. It will be treated with another round of radiation therapy, a couple of weeks after the surgery.
Enrique's overall prognosis remains good - but he clearly has a serious case of thyroid cancer. The doctor said it's unusual to need another round of surgery but it doesn't mean that his long-term prognosis is worse.
At the same time, it's unlikely that there will be a point in time when this totally over. It will always be with him. With luck, he won't need this much intense treatment once this round is over, but there are no guarantees.
posted by eliot at 5:42 PM
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