Take his advice: Go to Shands. Here is the link for the head and neck cancer specialists: http://www.shands.org/hospitals/UF/service/cancer/headandneckcancer.asp

Call the number on the page and explain your situation -- the person you talk with will make sure you get seen by the right specialist. Check to see if you should bring your biopsy report and slides with you for that first appointment or if you should send them in advance.

Given your level of concern, it would probably be a good idea to get checked at Shands (or at the University of Miami, if that is closer) even if the biopsy is negative, since the doctors there see far more cases in a year than your GP probably has seen in his entire career.

-- Leslie


Leslie

April 2006: Husband dx by dentist with leukoplakia on tongue. Oral surgeon's biopsy 4/28/06: Moderate dysplasia; pathology report warned of possible "skip effect." ENT's excisional biopsy (got it all) 5/31/06: SCC in situ/small bit superficially invasive. Early detection saves lives.