There are several Delaware Valley residents on these boards -- based on their postings, most appear to have been treated at either Fox Chase Cancer Center or the University of Pennsylvania. You're also an easy train ride to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore or Memorial Sloan-Kettering in NYC.

Wherever you end up, you want to make sure you are treated by a TEAM of physicians from a variety of specialties who meet to discuss each case and determine a treatment plan. That's particularly important for oral cancers, which can affect many critical functions (eating, talking, etc.). All of the institutions above use that approach.

-- 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.