 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Conversely to mellay's post you will find even MORE people here who smoked or used tobacco products and HAVE oral cancer (alcohol is a factor as well).
The non-smoking/non-drinking population with oral cancer, statistically, is under 25%.
I wouldn't want to mitigate the risk factors for those who are on the fence on this issue.
QUIT NOW! It is the leading, most preventable, cause of death.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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