3 pieces of advice from a 5-time oral cancer survivor
The first time I was diagnosed with oral cancer, I was only 26. The wart-like growth on my tongue was pretty small. A biopsy showed it was squamous cell carcinoma, and an oral surgeon successfully removed it near my home in Jacksonville, Florida.
When I developed cancer on my tongue again, 14 years later — and it came back three times in 14 months — I realized things were getting serious. Fortunately, I found my way...