Platinum Member (300+ posts) Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 489 | Where is your tumor located? Is this at a CCC or just a doctor's office or hospital? You say that this is a second opinion, what caused you to request a second opinion? How old are you?
You have found a good location for answers and support here. You can search both the forums and the entire site for subjects such as "forearm free flap".
I have had a skin graft for cancer in the floor of my mouth, a neck dissection and a free flap from my pectoral muscle for cancer in my tongue. Whether one is better than the other is really not the question - it is more a question of which treatment is best for your situation and which treatment are you most comfortable with?
Try to take a deep breath and hopefully you will get some insight here into different treatments.
Patty
48 SCC Floor of Mouth 7/06 9/06 Surgery, bilateral neck dissection, 58 nodes clear PT2pN0pMx 35 rad 2006 Recurred 6/08, 1 Carboplatin, 1 Cisplatin Surgery 9/08 - Total glossectomy, free flap from pectoral muscle, left mandible replaced using fibula 35 IMRT & Erbitux 11/08 4/15/09 recurrence 6/1/09 passed away, rest in peace
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