Hi,

My name is Avisek and my dad had been diagnosed with oral cancer in 2006 at the center of left cheek (mucosa). First time he was operated for that in 2006 and second in late 2011, he was again diagnosed with presence cancer cell at the same spot. So, he was operated for the second in Jan, 2012 (recently). This is stage one, as clinically, it was difficult to diagnose that it was a cancer (no gland, no hard screen and a white patch was there which was not healing up)

In the report of second operation (in biopsy report), it came out that all margins are clear of that area. However at one spot, margin was close about 1 mm. For that, some doctors said that he should go through radio-therapy and some doctors said that he should operated once again (this time by opening complete cheek from left side of lips through Jaws to buckle joint and then replacing the complete mucosa with skin from fore arm).

Right now, we are unable to understand and decide anything....... Can anyone help us in deciding what should be the best option for him. If anyone has gone through such a kind of situation, can you please share your thoughts on it. As your inputs will be of great value to us.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards
Avisek Bhardwaj