In 2007, Bruce Bradshaw, 70, discovered a lump on the side of his throat that he knew should not have been there. He went to his primary care physician to have it checked out and then had an ultrasound performed to get a better look. What they found was a malignant tumor on the base of Mr. Bradshaw’s tongue. He describes a whirlwind of events that landed him in the care of Marshall Levine, MD, medical oncologist at GBMC’s Sandra & Malcolm Berman Cancer Institute, and Ray Blanco, MD and John Saunders, MD [retired], head and neck surgeons in the Milton J. Dance, Jr. Head and Neck Center at GBMC. The daunting diagnosis was made in January 2007 and in March and April of that same year, Mr. Bradshaw was undergoing a powerful course of chemoradiation therapy at GBMC to eradicate the tumor and the cancer itself. In July 2007, He underwent surgery to have his lymph nodes removed on the side of his neck where the tumor was located by Dr. Blanco. And, while the treatment and surgery were successful in eliminating the cancer, Mr. Bradshaw was left with some debilitating and rare side effects of radiation treatment.