Minnie --

I don't think you'd "bump your doc's nose out of shape." As I recall, after Gail Mac's husband was referred to Hopkins for treatment, his doctors there helped arrange for another opinion at Sloan-Kettering. You owe it to yourself to learn as much as you can.

-- Leslie

Leslie

April 2006: Husband dx by dentist with leukoplakia on tongue. Oral surgeon's biopsy 4/28/06: Moderate dysplasia; pathology report warned of possible "skip effect." ENT's excisional biopsy (got it all) 5/31/06: SCC in situ/small bit superficially invasive. Early detection saves lives.