 Patient Advocate (1000+ posts)
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,627 | Hello and welcome!
I'm also from Virginia, what part are you living in? I'm in Virginia Beach.
The brush biopsy is popular now but I'm also big on trusting my doctors. Is this her doctor of many years and do you trust him? Talk to him, ask him about the brush biopsy. Then go from there.
I don't believe the tip of the tongue is a common place for oral cancer so keep that positive thought in your head.
Tell us more about your mom. How old is she, how long ago did she have oral cancer, what type of treatment, etc.
Take care,
Minnie
SCC Left Mandible. Jaw replaced with bone from leg. Neck disection, 37 radiation treatments. Recurrence 8-28-07, stage 2, tongue. One third of tongue removed 10-4-07. 5-23-08 chemo started for tumor behind swallowing passage, Our good friend and much loved OCF member Minnie has been lost to the disease (RIP 10-29-08). We will all miss her greatly.
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