How come Tony didn't mention that cancer was detected?
I have to admit, it looks like Tony is taking the cancer thing quite well, maybe the reality of it hasn't hit him yet.
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Re: Melfi, Tony didn't mention the cancer
3<blockquote>Quote:<hr>I have to admit, it looks like Tony is taking the cancer thing quite well, maybe the reality of it hasn't hit him yet.<hr></blockquote>
Hmmm . . . maybe he doesn't really need to be concerned, at least not for the time being . . . from a medical perspective, mind you. For now, it is only a cancerous growth, and apparently benign. A lot of times that happens and it turns out not to be really a problem (remember Angie Bonpensiero in Season 2, Episode 4, "Commendatori"?). A former schoolmate of mine had a small, benign tumour removed from his temple in the 8th grade, and he's still completely fine.
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Hmmm . . . maybe he doesn't really need to be concerned, at least not for the time being . . . from a medical perspective, mind you. For now, it is only a cancerous growth, and apparently benign. A lot of times that happens and it turns out not to be really a problem (remember Angie Bonpensiero in Season 2, Episode 4, "Commendatori"?). A former schoolmate of mine had a small, benign tumour removed from his temple in the 8th grade, and he's still completely fine.
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The cancer issue could go either way...
4Do you see it as only coming into the story to give Tony and Ade something to relate with? Or do you think it'll be a continuing plot element?
I suspect Carmela might actually soften a bit if she knew Tony had cancer.
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I suspect Carmela might actually soften a bit if she knew Tony had cancer.
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Re: Melfi, Tony didn't mention the cancer
5<blockquote>Quote:<hr>it is only a cancerous growth, and apparently benign.<hr></blockquote>
Actually, if it's cancerous, that means it's not benign. Tony has a squamous cell carcinoma, which is definitely a form of skin cancer.
But a google search of it indicates that if caught fairly early, it rarely spreads to other areas of the body. Removal is generally an effective, permanent cure, at least for the locale of the original lesion. That's not to say he couldn't get an independent (non-recurrent) lesion down the line.
I actually have a theory that this whole skin cancer thing, aside from deepening Tony's aimless emotional wandering and latent existential crisis, may be more symbolic than anything else. But that discussion belongs in another thread.
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Actually, if it's cancerous, that means it's not benign. Tony has a squamous cell carcinoma, which is definitely a form of skin cancer.
But a google search of it indicates that if caught fairly early, it rarely spreads to other areas of the body. Removal is generally an effective, permanent cure, at least for the locale of the original lesion. That's not to say he couldn't get an independent (non-recurrent) lesion down the line.
I actually have a theory that this whole skin cancer thing, aside from deepening Tony's aimless emotional wandering and latent existential crisis, may be more symbolic than anything else. But that discussion belongs in another thread.
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