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Cancer In Tonsil, Radiation And Chemotherapy, Sore Throat, Hearing Loss, Swollen Neck
my brother had cancer in his tonsil a couple of years ago and had radiation and chemo ..had lots of after affects from the radiation to the neck area for the last week he has had a sore throat hearing loss feels pressure behind ear near base of neck and skull and says it seem to be swollen in this area he says its painful to touch and feels numb until he presses on the area then it hurts any idea what this may be caused from
Wed, 16 May 2012
this is follow up case of Carcinoma of tonsil post chemo-radiotherapy, seeing hearing loss ,is could be side effect of both cisplatin based chemo and post Radiotherapy,. i should suggest for that swollen area in neck : CT Scan NECK With contrast to see disease control and to rule out any metastasis in neck from tonsil primary.
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