Welcome to OCF! Very sorry that you need our help.

The beetle nut is a known carcinogen that causes oral cancer, so first word of advice would be for him to stop using it now.

Depending on the staging his treatment will consist of surgery, radiation and chemo. Chemo is generally given with radiation for oral cancer, not as a stand alone treatment. He should be send by an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) doctor familiar with oral cancer. If possible, he should be treated by a team of doctors at a major cancer center.

The OCF website (the main pages) has lots of information on oral cancer - take the time to read these pages and make a list of questions for his doctors. The OCF forum is another valuable resource to use. The forum members are generally OC patients and their caregivers who have already walked the path you are about to. Both the OCF website and forum have a search function which you can use to do research.

We are here to help you and your husband get through this. Feel free to ask questions. Wishing you the best.