Can BDS and MDS doctors cure oral cancer?

2 Doctors Answered Dr. Yasmin Asma Zohara . MDS - Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. read more

A stem cell transplant (SCT) is the only treatment that can cure MDS. SCT lets doctors use very high doses of chemo to kill cells in the bone marrow. The high doses of these drugs destroy the bone marrow, which keeps new blood cells from being made. read more

Cure of Oral Cancer often requires a multi-modality approach requiring at least a cancer surgeon (Generally a Head Neck Surgeon, sometimes a Plastic Surgeon and less often an MDS Maxillofacial surgeon), a radiation oncologist (a good number of oral cancers will require adjuvant radiation or chemoradiation, surgery alone in those cases could be insufficient) and medical oncologist. read more