I get the New Yorker but have been so buried in end of the semester work that I just now read the article (and even then I really only skimmed parts of it). A very well done article that was educational about the sense of taste as well as oral cancer as well as telling a story that is all to typical about how it wasn't diagnosed soon enough (and in his case he had a bizarre negative biopsy to falsely reassure him as well). They did mention the connection between oral cancer and tobacco/alcohol and I'm very glad that got in there as well.

I think it will educate a lot of people about tongue cancer who might never have heard of it before.

SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"