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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I would get him an appt with a Comprehensive Cancer Center and skip the ENT. The CCC will have Docs from all of the appropriate skill areas and will have treated more cases in a year than most single Docs see in a lifetime. With a CCC he will get a team of cancer specialists meeting him and reviewing his case in a Tumor Board setting and they collectively will decide the beast course of Tx and it will all be handled under one roof. He may very well only get one chance to kill his cancer so I would want that to be my best shot. List of CCC's here: http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/resources/cancer_centers.htm
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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