Pandora, I can't believe someone would say that ("thank goodness it's not breast cancer") - they have no idea how very damaging this cancer is, or how it can affect the very "face" you put to the world. Hope you educated this person. Thank goodness for Brian and Gary (site originators) and now David (who earned his "red letters") and others who are setting the world straight about oral cancer. Thanks to each of you!
Husband: 3 SCC gum and cheek cancers 2002, 2005, 2006: surgery only. Scans clear after removal of small, well differentiated, non-invasive cancers. No radiation. 4th SCC lip diagnosed 4/13/07 - in situ, removed in biopsy. More lip removed 2/8/08 - dysplasia. 2 Biopsies 3/17/09 no cancer (lichenoids)
