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Will The 1cm Tumor Under Tongue Grow Back After Surgery?
My friend is a healthy 31 year old female diagnosed with early stages of tongue cancer. The affected area is under her tongue and she is scheduled to have a 1cm area around the tumor removed in a couple of weeks. My question is will that piece of her tongue grow back?
Mon, 27 Apr 2015
Thanks for your question on HCM.
Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of tongue.
If detected early, surgery is the treatment of choice.
And systemic chemotherapy after surgery is needed for two reasons.
1. To prevent local recurrence
2. To prevent distal organ spread.
So consult oncologist for post surgery chemotherapy.
And if proper resection of tumour mass with negative margin is done then chances of local recurrence is very less. Normal healing can be seen if surgery is successful.
Post operative chemotherapy is also needed for this.
Squamous cell carcinoma is the most common malignant tumor of tongue.
If detected early, surgery is the treatment of choice.
And systemic chemotherapy after surgery is needed for two reasons.
1. To prevent local recurrence
2. To prevent distal organ spread.
So consult oncologist for post surgery chemotherapy.
And if proper resection of tumour mass with negative margin is done then chances of local recurrence is very less. Normal healing can be seen if surgery is successful.
Post operative chemotherapy is also needed for this.
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