It sounds like your husband needs to be seen at a comprehensive cancer center, where doctors from many different specialties (radiation, chemotherapy, surgery, etc.) will work together to come up with a treatment plan. You say your husband has three different kinds of cancer, so coordination of treatment would be critical.

If travel time is a concern and you are in north Jersey, Memorial Sloan-Kettering in NYC is one of the premier such institutions in the world; if you are in south Jersey, check out Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Both are members of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network , an alliance of 20 leading cancer centers across the US. This network develops the oncology practice guidelines that represent the state-of-the-art treatment protocols.

The websites for each center (there are links from the NCCN website) should offer information about making an appointment for a second opinion.

All the best --
Leslie


Leslie

April 2006: Husband dx by dentist with leukoplakia on tongue. Oral surgeon's biopsy 4/28/06: Moderate dysplasia; pathology report warned of possible "skip effect." ENT's excisional biopsy (got it all) 5/31/06: SCC in situ/small bit superficially invasive. Early detection saves lives.