sure seems to be a lot of conflicting info out there on this subject...

Question Brian : What is your thought on this :

it makes sense to me that a year and a half long battle of thrush could be a contributing factor when squamous cell carcinoma is found in the surface cells and all cells sluff off and grow back - and it is a mutation in this process that causes the problem of cancer...

They said even an ongoing problem of a misfitted denture can cause cancer because of constant irritation it causes ,... so if the skin is constantly irritated because of thrush - makes sense to me that this could have the same effect.

Thrush is commonly looked at as a side effect of the treatments for cancer, not as a cause of it ... so this is where the studies focus... but to my doctor it seemed obvious that there could be a connection, and a very strong one at that, because of the long process of irritation to the affected area.

contrary information while it is out there for every topic under the sun, it causes so much confusion in people wanting simple explanations... when one source says one thing and another says another ,... but I guess the case in point is - there is no simple answer and no one knows it all - and old thoughts on it are proven wrong just about every day when something new is learned so we are all students of this disease and have to balance the info we receive from any and all sources.

as far as resistance to the drug - this is becoming more and more of a problem, just as resistance to antibiotics is becoming more and more of a real problem. i am sure it will be more and more visible as more and more cases are reported. my doctor said it is most common in hiv patients who have long term treatments, but also happens more and more in cancer patients, the thrush becomes resistant to it and continues to grow.