If anyone at all has heard of a case of someone recovering from this stage labeled "terminal cancer", plase post!

Friend and colleague of amazing person diagnosed with oral cancer 3 years ago (tongue). Had recurrence in January 2011, was readmitted to hopsital where he was diagnosed as Stage IV, metastasis to the lung. Tumor in lungs declared "possibly operable" but dicey by specialists at Sloan Kettering.