 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,671 | This is really something to think about. I remember when my son was going through treatment, and I had found OCF- it seemed that everyone surviving cancer was getting their teeth pulled, but my son's Maxillofacial surgeon, (Dr. Eric Carlson at the Univ of Tennessee Medical Center) never recommended it and I never heard it mentioned at the group meetings we had with the doctors.
Anne-Marie
CG to son, Paul (age 33, non-smoker) SCC Stage 2, Surgery 9/21/06, 1/6 tongue Rt.side removed, +48 lymph nodes neck. IMRTx28 completed 12/19/06. CT scan 7/8/10 Cancer-free! ("spot" on lung from scar tissue related to Pneumonia.)
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