 "OCF Canuck" Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 5,260 Likes: 3 | Waiting... Where do you live? In North America and oral surgeon is not the same as an ENT so if you are I canada or the US you need to see an ENT immediately. Oral surgeons can operate etc... But they are NOT oral cancer experts perse, the best person to see is a specialist - ENT - who deals specifically with oral cancer. In some other countries the oral surgeon discipline is different and they are recognized as a full fledged doctor of medicine not just dentistry - here in canada they can remove the tumor but the follow up - which should include a neck dissection for non HPV cancers etc... Is not something that they can perform. Hugs!!
Last edited by Cheryld; 07-11-2014 08:57 AM.
Cheryl : Irritation - 2004 BX: 6/2008 : Inflam. BX: 12/10, DX: 12/10 : SCC - LS tongue well dif. T2N1M0. 2/11 hemigloss + recon. : PND - 40 nodes - 39 clear. 3/11 - 5/11 IMRT 33 + cis x2, PEG 3/28/11 - 5/19/11 3 head, 2 chest scans - clear(fingers crossed) HPV-, No smoke, drink, or drugs, Vegan
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