Lynn, would you like to explain further what you mean by "if you get this kind of cancer with no risk factors.... hard to treat."? I feel rather puzzled because I always have the impression that since I don't smoke or drink, with no particular risk factors to oral cancer, the chance of being cured should be higher than those with risk factors. In fact, my oncologist has never mentioned the correlation between risk factors and cancer aggressiveness and recurrence. By the way, I often heard people here talk about the cancer being aggressive. Does it mean the cancerous cells are growing very fast to the extent that the treatment can be difficult? Lynn, thanks for your further input.

Karen.