Friends, with Brian's approval, I would like to invite your attention to the following website:

http://www.onkochirurgie.de/index.html?content/public/fremd/1890.html

It provides an excellent discussion on the progression of oral cancer with images. It's very informative.

Best regards,

-Brett

Base of Tongue SCC. Stage IV, T1N2bM0. Diagnosed 25 July 2003.
Treated with 6 weeks induction chemo -- Taxol & Carboplatin once a week followed with 30 fractions IMRT, 10 fields per fraction over 6 more weeks. Recurrence October 2005.