Hi Rolf
From what I understand here:http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/facts/rare/ac/index.htm, ACC and Malignant Melanoma is not the same.
But it seems like we had the same treatment. I also had to remove my top palate. Is maxilla the name of the bone plate I mentioned in my first post?
Anyway, I'm glad I found this site. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one on this planet with this cancer form.
No, they did not cut my cheek. That sounds awful!
Sometimes I fell that life is unfair. In September 2005 my daughter was born, and then in February I had my diagnos. How cruel can the world be?
Physically I am well right now, the problem is that I must tell myself that I am well!
I am being checked up every third month, and so far, so good....

Tommy