Christine,

That's the problem...What I do for a living is solve problems. I solve these problems in order to fix them. If I cannot find the cause I know the problem will come back--it might take time but it will come back. I'm talking about my job not cancer. But, if I knew what caused my cancer I would feel much more confident in the solution...Maybe I would have more Q's & A's...I would feel better about the situation.

For the most part people don't get sick in my family until they are really old...They can drink all the booze, smoke and eat all the bad foods and they live a long time. I had a great grandfather that died at age 57...but that was before modern medicine. I'm a nonsmoker that touched little alcohol and I get tongue cancer. OC that is on the increase while smoking is decreasing. I just have a hard time accepting, "We don't know what caused your cancer." I don't buy it...You can't sell me on this...If I was a smoker and heavy drinker...I'd say, "Sure, maybe yes..maybe no...but I have a pretty good idea what caused it.." I like answers. I have a feeling I' not going to get them.

I know it doesn't change the treatments...But maybe it would 5, 10 or 20 years from now.