Hello all,

I have not been on the forum in awhile but just had some questions. My Father is currently in the hospital and doctors have pretty much given us the survival time to be 3 weeks.

In Summary my father was first diagnosed with oral cancer in 8/03 with squamous cell carcinoma in the left cheek. At that time he was diagnosed with stage II. He had a radical neck dissection with and 30 Rad. Reoccurrence in his throat in 7/04 treated with cisplatin, Iressa and 30 Rad. Area that was treated came out clear in 11/04 but cancer had spread to the right side of his mouth. Throat swelled up and trach was placed in. He was in ICU for 2 weeks. Scans in 12/04 showed that the cancer had now spread to the skin of is chest, a lymph node in the lungs and the base of the skull. At this point the docs had estimated a month or so.

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