Welcome, David. The first step can be the hardest, and you've already taken it.

To help you get started, OCF has two search engines. The one at the top of each of these forum pages (in the center, under the New Topic/Post Reply buttons) links to a search of the message boards -- be sure to search "All Open Forums" to maximize your results. The link at the bottom of each of these pages (toward the right in the dark gray area) goes to a search of the main OCF site, which Brian and other administrators keep updated with the latest treatment protocols, news articles, reports in scientific journals, etc. It also includes a lot of basic reference material about oral cancer.

And if those don't address whatever you want to know more about, the people on these boards can answer any question you throw at them.

We'll all be thinking of you as you begin your treatment next week.

-- Leslie

Leslie

April 2006: Husband dx by dentist with leukoplakia on tongue. Oral surgeon's biopsy 4/28/06: Moderate dysplasia; pathology report warned of possible "skip effect." ENT's excisional biopsy (got it all) 5/31/06: SCC in situ/small bit superficially invasive. Early detection saves lives.