The protocol on the website (above, the site for the 2007 protocols) has suggested followups listed for all situations...Click on it to get a good idea. The 2008 protocols shouldn't be too different, but I'd like to see them to compare.

FYI--My doctor ordered a PET/CT scan before my surgery, and at 1 year, and at 2 years.....and will again at 3 years. He saw me every 3-4 months the first year, and then has seen me every six months since then. I don't know how long he will continue to order the scans.

On my own, I see an ENT who does a good endoscopic exam. I also see a periodontist quarterly, who looks carefully and gives me a good cleaning and dental exam, and I see a prosthodontist who adjusts my obturator about every six weeks, and he looks too. I would want more surveillance than Gabe seems to be getting.

Just tell him that you are not comfortable with not having more of an exam.

Colleen--T-2N0M0 SCC dx'd 12/28/05...Hemi-maxillectomy, partial palatectomy, neck dissection 1/4/06....clear margins, neg. nodes....no radiation, no chemo....Cancer-free at 4 years!