 Senior Patient Advocate Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Certainly if a doctor sees enough OC patients they will see enough that they can predict the outcome with a good degree of accuracy. Noting that nothing can replace a biopsy but after reading so many biopsies and then relating that to what it looked like before the biopsy it's bound to have some recognition benefit. The Chief of Oral Surgery at Moffitt who was the first there to scope me, showed me my BOT on the computer monitor as he was scoping and told me right there "see this area, it's looks rough and I bet that's where your Primary is. That's the first place I'm going to biopsy tomorrow." Sure enough he was correct and my tonsils were saved from removal.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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