 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,219 | At any CCC, like Sloan, you will get a team approach and you should have no fear that a surgeon will be "cut happy". I was treated at Fox Chase in Phila. and although my treatment ended up to be surgery only, I did consult with an RO at the surgeon's insistence, who was in complete agreement that surgery was the best course of treatment for me.
Jerry
Retired Dentist, 59 years old at diagnosis. SCC of the left lateral border of the tongue (Stage I). Partial glossectomy and 30 nodes removed, 4/6/05. Nodes all clear. No chemo no radiation 18 year survivor.
"Whatever doesn't kill me, makes me stronger"
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