 "OCF Down Under, Kiwi" "Above & Beyond" Member (500+ posts)
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 644 Likes: 1 | Hi, John. My cancer was caused by chronic irritation. Don't know what from but I had a sensitive mouth for decades, then a horrible lichen planus lesion which turned out to be cancer (tongue). I never smoked and gave up all alcohol at the age of 37. (I was diagnosed with oral cancer when I was about 60.) I meet very few people here with my pattern of irritation, inflammation, thrush and lichen planus. I also had very poor teeth, like many New Zealanders of my generation. I wish my dentists had been more knowledgeable about tongue cancer!
1996, ovarian cancer surgery + cisplatin and taxol.
September, 2007, SCC of left lateral tongue. Excision.
October, 2009 recurrence in scar tissue, T1NOMO. Free flap surgery from left wrist - neck dissection. 63 year old New Zealander. No chemo, no RT.
February, 2014. New primary in left buccal mucosa. Marginal mandibulectomy, neck dissection, right arm free forearm flap. T1N0M0 but third occurrence and some areas of concern: RT started 8 April and finished 19 May.
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