Oral Squamous Cell

Hello everyone,

I’m posting on behalf of my aunt. Without making this post too lengthy, she has been battling oral squamous cell carcinoma for 5 years now. She has a very unusual case that had been refractory to chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation, etc. The treatments have kept the cancer local, but have not been able to reach a cure. She is currently being cared for at Memorial Sloan Kettering in NYC, however she’s gotten to the point where we would like to send her case to other large and well known centers for second opinions. From my preliminary research it seems the major centers in the US for head and neck cancer other than Sloan are: Mayo Clinic, Mount Sinai, MD Anderson.

My question to the group is what are the best centers in the country to handle a complex head and neck case like this? I’m going to send her case to all the best centers for review.

Thank you in advance for your help, and I wish you all luck in your cancer journey.