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Tongue Cancer: What are my treatment options?

Head & Neck Cancer | Last Active: Apr 27 12:04pm | Replies (93)
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I have a decision to make I can get my surgery done Monday at a local hospital or I can wait to Friday to go to Sloan -Kettering or Rochester Medical Center. My surgery is just to remove a 2 mm by 1 mm squamous tumor from my mouth for I procedure like this do people think I should go to a place like Sloan Kettering ? My surgeon locally also has excellent training and did a fellowship at Duke University Hospital. He has been great and very attentive. I am thinking I will will get more time focus in upstate NY vs Sloan Kettering probably would have more patients scheduled ? What do other people think ?

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Lori, Volunteer Mentor | @loribmt | Oct 23, 2022

It’s wonderful news that your cancer hasn’t progressed and isn’t very deep! As for delaying treatment, you have an opportunity to have this removed Monday, tomorrow! Your surgeon sounds fully capable of taking care of this small tumor for you and you sound like you have a good relationship.
If this were me, I’d get it over and done with! I think you’ll feel better having this done an not waiting, right?

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