 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,384 Likes: 1 | Hi K, and welcome.
I am pretty sure that the treatment and procedure options will be similar for his lip cancer as it would be for the oral cancers you can read about here.
Radiation is something you and he should discuss with a radiation oncologist even if the surgeons say he dosn't need it. They might be right but you don't want to take chances with this cancer!
As far as what caused the cancer, well he is in denial. Tobacco use is the number one indicator for Oral SCC PERIOD. Because it is on the lip it is possible that overexposure to sunlight was a factor.
Mark, 21 Year survivor, SCC right tonsil, 3 nodes positive, one with extra-capsular spread. I never asked what stage (would have scared me anyway) Right side tonsillectomy, radical neck dissection right side, maximum radiation to both sides, no chemo, no PEG, age 40 when diagnosed.
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