I know a lot of articles make their way to the "Oral Cancer in the News" section but I wasn't sure this would. It is an article on palliative pain medication in India (and is part of a series the NY Times is doing on pain control in non-Western countries).

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/h...dxnnlx=1189534668-wroQbpU53fiL483CSGumgg

It's a distrubing article and several of the patients who are interviewd are suffering from hed and neck cancer.

Nelie


SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"