My brother is undergoing surgery today to remove 1/2 his tongue, the right floor of his mouth and the right jaw bone. The doctors came out about 9:30 a.m. and said he was doing great. It is an 11 hour surgery so we have a while yet. The tumor was bigger than expected and they will be removing the jaw bone from the middle of the chin to his ear. The plastic surgeon is working on removing the bone from David

Sister of 32 year-old oral cancer victim. Our battle is over but the war rages on. My brother passed July 26, 2005. He was a smokeless tobacco user.