 "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 939 | Kate,
Your recurrances are concerning and the answer to your question about seeing someone who specializes in OC is a resounding YES!
If I were in your shoes, I would gather my records..most importantly the lab results from your surgeries and get myself to the Head & Neck Clinic at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. They see Oral Cancer many times a day versus an ENT who rarely sees it.
The recommended treatment (IF you do have SCC again) will most likely be formulated by a team of physicians who meet about your case. This way you have the best chance of knocking the cancer out for good.
Deb
Deb..caregiver to husband, age 63 at diagnosis, former smoker who quit in 1997.
DIAGNOSIS: 6/26/07 SCC right tonsil/BOT T4N0M0
TREATMENT START: 8/9/07 cisplatin/taxol X 7..IMRT twice daily X 31.5.
TREATMENT END: 10/1/07
PEG OUT: 1/08
PORT OUT: 4/09
FOLLOWUP: Now only annual exams. ALL CLEAR!
Passed away 1/7/17 RIP Bill
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