 [ Symptoms ] if someone has been diagnoised with brain and throat cancer and refuses treatment how long does he have to live  he has smoked mostly all his life and he drank a lot prior to 1993 i am his daughter but the doctor wont tell me anything and he do not want me to know [ Disease ] no not unless the surgeon specific recommends it to limit the remote chance of infection every surgeon is different and they all have their own ways if you are going to trust the surgeon to do this procedure then trust their judgment in this issue as well pubic hair will grow back