Matt Wood was diagnosed in early March with a rare form of cancer.
At the time, he was advised that he would have to have it surgically removed, which would require the removal of his nose and possibly a portion of his upper jaw.
He and the wife he married shortly after being diagnosed spent weeks exploring other options.
She s a family doctor. He just didn t want to have that surgery. And with good reason. Cutting off your nose and possibly losing your jaw, that s scary, he says. And completely life-changing.
After seeing specialists in Boston and New York with some experience in treating this specific cancer metastatic sinonasal squamous cell carcinoma Wood decided to forego the surgery his Arizona doctors recommended in favor of a more experimental treatment.