 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,291 Likes: 1 | Welcome to OCF and sorry about your father. As mentioned surgery and radiation are the only treatments to KILL cancer. Chemo can be used to manage the disease, meaning that tumor growth can be stopped or slowed and even reduced. It will remain but controlled and allow for longer quality life.
This is no certainty but it is an option so demand some discussion about this option. Sending him away with pain meds is doing nothing to treat the cancer in any way.
Good luck.
Don Male, 57 - Great health except C Dec '12 DX: BOT SCC T2N2bMx, Stage 4a, HPV+, multiple nodes 1 tooth out Jan '13 2nd tooth out Tumor Board -induction TPF (3 cycles), seq CRT 4-6/2013 CRT 70gr 2x35, weekly carbo150 ended 5/29,6/4 All the details, join at http://beatdown.cognacom.com | 
