Hmmm. My GP was the first to call my cancer and all he said was I needed to get good with God.
Mine turned out as stage 2 and no nodes affected. I didn;t like what I was told and what I was not smart enough to ask throughout my cancer experience, but the CCC approach, the cancer board reviews and the back forth the board had pinpointing the extent of cell damage and invasion was important. It saved me part of my jaw because one doctor stood up to the others not believing my cancer had spread to my jaw. It hadn't.
Praying tonight for Teacher Jon

Age 52, T2 N0 M0 SCC of left anterior floor of mouth. Esophagoscopy, Direct laryngoscopy, Resection of left anterior FOM lesion w/ lateral tongue. left selective neck dissection levels I-IV. 5x6cm skin graft coverng excision. Finished 33-35 rad Tx. False recurrence 12-22-10 last surgery 2-15-10