 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 1,294 Likes: 1 | Hello LWJ,
Welcome to OCF! It's a bummer to be here but the best place for info on oral cancer. You did mean Turkey day 2013, right and a year did not lapse between diagnosis and treatment or is is this recurrence?
Most patients need dental clearance before starting rads. Any teeth with poor or questionable root systems will be evaluated if they should be removed prior to treatments.
Treatment plans are drawn up without regard to etiology from what I understand; prognosis will vary.
Good luck and keep reading,
Don
Don
Male, 1955
Great health except C
Dec '12
DX: BOT SCC T2N2bMx, Stage 4a, HPV+, multiple nodes
1 tooth out
Jan '13
2nd tooth out
Tumor Board -induction TPF (3 cycles), seq CRT
4-6/2013
CRT 70gr 2x35, weekly carbo150
ended 5/29,6/4
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