Dear Wayne,
I'm so sorry to hear of your news. All I can say is that perhaps a third opinion is in order. I live in the Boston area and we have some of the best hospitals in the country here.

I can give you the information for my doctor, if he can't give you any advice, perhaps he can point you in the right direction.

Daniel G. Deschler, MD, FACS
Director, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Director, Normal Knight Center for Hyperbaric Medicine
Professor, Harvard Medical School

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
243 Charles Street
11th Floor
Boston, MA 02114
617-573-4100

Best wishes,
Kerri


37 y/o fem at Dx (23 wks preg @ dx on 3/16/11)
SCC L oral tongue (no risk factors)
L partial gloss/MND 3/28/11 @ 25 wks preg
T1-2N0M0; no rads/chemo
Tonsillectomy on 8/6/12 +SCC L tonsil T2-3N1M0 (HPV-)
Treated with 35 rads/7 carbo & taxol (Rx ended 10/31/12), but many hospitalizations d/t complications from rx.
Various scans since rx ended are NED!
Part of genetic study for rare cancers @ MGH.
44 years old now...I wasn't sure I would make it! Hoping for 40 more!