 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | If you DO get oral cancer your odds of surviving are LESS than playing Russian roulette to put it in some perspective.
(Quitting) Tobacco products are the leading preventable cause of cancer (of all kinds - not just oral).
BRC, you are obviously an intelligent guy. You sought us out and are asking good questions. I hope that some of what we have shared with you will help enable you to "draw your line in the sand" and "get out of the problem and into the solution" (Paul O.).
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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