Please understand that members of the forum are either patients or caregivers who have or are going through the cancer journey. We do not have the years of medical training to be able to “diagnose” you even with photographs. You won’t want us to, anyway, as it would be very irresponsible of us.

No two person will react in the same way. What may trigger cancer in one may not do so in another person.. No one, even the best doctor in the world, can predict if you’ll get cancer or not in the long run.

Good oral,hygiene is extremely important as it can impact your health eventually, irrespectively of whether you have a bump in your mouth or not. So, you really should start taking care of your teeth right this minute. Since the biopsy report suggests monitoring, maybe that’s what you should do. If I were you, I would go back to the doctor who did the biopsy and ask for a clearer explanation of what the biopsy results mean. The other choice you have is to take your report to another oral surgeon for a second opinion, or even a third opinion. That way, you might get the answers you are looking for.



Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards

Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.