 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | What!?!?! I've had hep C for decades and this is the first time I EVER have heard of mouth or tongue sores from it. PCP's are among the LEAST qualified. They're great for strained wrists and bunions. I wouldn't even trust a dentist or oral surgeon. Go to an ENT or Head & Neck surgeon, preferably, and a comprehensice cancer center. Tongue cancer is nothing to screw around with.
80%, or more of, all oral cancers are Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC). Less common are Adenocarcinoma.
Almost all cancers have the capability of spreading - thet are genetically programmed to do that. With your mothers extensive smoking and family history and the PCP's advice, I would contact a lawyer immediately. His advice and lack of referal reeks of malpractice. His degree of irresponsibility is stunning.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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