Since I have been on technical grammar kick, in that sense, your doctor may have been inadvertently right. Stage IV oral cancer is not as bad as stage IV in other cancers, IT IS WORSE. (English 101: if something is not "as bad" then it must be either worse or better ) Seriously, I am glad to see this thread alive and well as when I started it there were grumblings about it being "negative" as though there is anything positive about having oral cancer. I am glad newcomers find it comforting. Let's keep this list growing in case we ever do get Oprah's attention.
65 yr Old Frack Stage IV BOT T3N2M0 HPV 16+ 2007:72GY IMRT(40) 8 ERBITUX No PEG 2008:CANCER BACK Salvage Surgery 25GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin Apaghia /G button 2012: CANCER BACK -left tonsilar fossa 40GY-CyberKnife(5) 3 Carboplatin
