Here's another list of CCC's (Nat'l Cancer Institute designated) from this forum:

http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/resources/cancer_centers.htm

The CCC's have to earn and keep up that designation, it's more than just putting more than one discipline under one roof, things like establishing a tumor board and having it meet at least once a week to discuss individual cases and make recommendations.

What is "skip effect"?

I had numerous biopsies showing leukoplakia and dysplasia across 15 years before a tumor actually started growing at that site on my tongue, so it can be a long process. None of the ENTs or oral surgeons would say that cancer would occur, just that I had to be watchful for any changes in that site.


Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.