I don't know the answers to your questions, but Mass Eye and Ear is excellent. The whole team is just phenomenal. They are the primary referral site for head and neck cancers in New England. The surgeons teach at Harvard Medical School. Mass Eye and Ear and Mass General work very closely together, because they are next door to one another. Many of the staff work at both hospitals. We are from Maine and my dad was diagnosed in wintertime, so we stayed here for radiation/chemo but when to MA for surgery.

Last edited by Vicky1; 05-07-2019 08:18 PM.

Dad was diagnosed 2/28/18 w Stage 4, N0 Verrucous carcinoma (VC) an uncommon variant of SSC
Mandibulectomy and free-flap reconstruction 5/30/18
Diagnosis changed to SSC.
Began treatment of 30 rads and 5 Cisplatin Cycles on 7/18/18
Decided not to do any more Cisplatin after the first one.
Finished treatment on 8/31/18.
3.19 Abscess & Recurrence wide mouth resection
4.16.19 Scapular Flap Reconstruction surgery
9.6.19 Clear CT!
8.6.20 Clear CT!