[quote=Uptown] Ron, I think you have a point in all this. Maybe just asking the question you want answered will help get you there quicker. [/quote]

I did, more than once. My oncologist is not honest with me. I explained to him that my "research" indicates this 70% 5-year statistic is incorrect if one factors in the HPV negative status, 30+ pack years, stage, node involvement, and size of primary tumor. The $#%#$% just looks at me without commenting. I started this thread to see if anyone on this board's research also came up with a 3-year in the 40s and a worse 5-year. I posted the link in my first post.

Then you get dog piled for even mentioning the SEER date and statistics.

We all know that the statistics compiled from the SEER data cannot be construed to predict what will happen to you. The data was not derived from specially bred lab rats. Nevertheless, the data is valuable and is all we have. The point in my most recent post was in response to the arrogant post by Brian Hill belittling my request to know what the data shows. Doctors are more likely to refuse cancer treatment than non-doctors. Why? They have seen the effects of the "treatment" and have access to the SEER data. The know their prognosis. To suggest that we, non-doctors, should not be given the same information is absurd. I posed this question to a few other oral cancer survivors and no one agrees with Mr. Hill. In fact they have a few choice words for the position espoused by Mr. Hill.