"Above & Beyond" Member (300+ posts) Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 837 | Darrell,
The oral surgeon who finally discovered my tumor (after several other doctors thought it was nothing to worry about) told me that the reason he spotted it so quickly was because he had done his residency in a VA hospital and had seen many oral cancer cases there.
Cathy
Tongue SCC (T2M0N0), poorly differentiated, diagnosed 3/89, partial glossectomy and neck dissection 4/89, radiation from early June to late August 1989
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