Im sorry to read about your recent diagnosis! At this time the only ways to eliminate the cancer is thru surgery and/or radiation with or without chemo. Nothing else works,!!!! Not even chemo alone is enough to eliminate all the cancer. Alternative diet based methods will NOT work! Those other "treatments" are promoted by unscrupulous people who are trying to make money off of sick people which to me is disgusting. Trying unproven alternative methods is a waste of precious time allowing the cancer to grow and spread which lowers the chance of survival. Ive seen thousands of oral cancer patients join our online forum over the years. Unfortunately those who refused to go with the scientifically proven treatments have not been successfully treated.

OCF provides only correct, up to date medical info that is scientifically proven. OCF supports only peer reviewed, scientifically proven, tried and true treatment plans to such a degree that its even mentioned in our rules which every member agrees to abide by when joining. PER OCF RULES....Do not advocate for unproven cancer cures or treatments. Anyone who promotes unsubstantiated treatment options will quickly find they are in the wrong place. OCF is monitored 24/7 to ensure only scientifically proven medical info is shared. OCF would be doing its members and every person who finds and reads these posts a major disservice which could injure or kill someone by allowing unproven treatment options to be openly discussed here. Theres hundreds of sites out there which are not monitored, most of them are there to make money. Those sites and the people behind them do not care about their members health or if promoting unfounded treatments hurts anyone. At OCF, we are Health on the Net certified which means we provide only reliable correct medical info. This protects our members from getting caught up in false claims or miracle cures that do not exist.

Quackwatch.org is a website that blows the whistle on unfounded medical info. You may want to run some of those "cures" by that site to get the real info about what they're trying to pass off. Please do not bring unproven treatment ideas to our forum. I also urge you to avoid trying any of them as it most often doesnt turn out as patients are hoping. Wasting time after having the recurrence diagnosis is not a good idea. Recurrences can move very quickly so please choose conventional medial treatments which may not sound as easy as the fake cures but at least the patient has a chance to survive.

The best thing you can do is to find the best medical care you can as soon as possible to eliminate the cancer as quickly as possible. Read posts here and also on the main OCF site to help you to better understand oral cancer, treatments that are proven to work and learn so you can be a strong advocate for your wife. The link I gave you 2 years ago still contains valuable up to date info. As mentioned before a recurrence is NOT a death sentence!!! Im living proof patients can and do survive even when the odds are stacked against them. Ive known many survivors over the years who have been thru recurrences and gone on to live long, happy, healthy lives... those are the people who went with conventional, scientifically proven treatment methods.

Best wishes!


Christine
SCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44
2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07
-65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr
Clear PET 1/08
4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I
surg 4/16/08 clr marg
215 HBO dives
3/09 teeth out, trismus
7/2/09 recur, Stg IV
8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy
3wks medicly inducd coma
2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit
PICC line IV antibx 8 mo
10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg
OC 3x in 3 years
very happy to be alive smile