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#47176 09-14-2006 03:18 PM | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) |  OCF Founder Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 4,918 Likes: 67 | They may have determined that additional surgery would leave your husband with long term quality of life issues when this is all over from the removal of more tissues. Radiation and combined chemo are the treatments of choice for most patients anyway, and while these will be no walk in the park, they will leave him with anatomical structures in the end that will be necessary for proper swallwoing, speech etc.
Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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