I second Davids advice.
While there are many agents contributing to cancer, it is only possible to avoid some of them.
There is a chance that there is no smoking gun (chemicals, viruses etc) but just bad luck and/or the genetic makeup.


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Partial glossectomy (25%) anterior tongue. 4/6/07/. IMRT start @5/24/07 (3x) Erbitux start/end@ 5/24/07. IMRT wider field (30x) start 6/5/07. Weekly cisplatin (2x30mg/m2), then weekly carbo- (5x180mg/m2). End of Tx 19 July 07.