This is all very personal, and varies widely by the involvement/stageing of the disease. There really is no way to compare one experience with another person's in any really finite terms. Location of the disease, extent, stage, treatment modality all vary.

They didn't use stents at MDACC when I was there, and those are related to teeth not to saliva. Clearly targeted radiation many tines can be mapped around vital structures like the spinal column, vascular bundles, nerves, and of course salivary glands and other vital structures depending on all the things I mentioned above.

Brian, stage 4 oral cancer survivor. OCF Founder and Director. The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.